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ruise America started business in 1972 y looking at this brochure, you have tourbook index and having been successfully owned made the first step into discovering one and managed by the Smalley family of the best ways to travel around the 2/3 Welcome C B USA and Canada. With so much to see and do, 4 Pricing and specifications for over 40 years, Cruise America has now it’s often hard to know where to start but you 5-8 Choosing your motorhome given the wheel to our extended family – have come to the right place and you are now 9 Cruise America Apps and useful links our employees. As we begin this next leg of in safe hands. 10/11 Campgrounds in North America the journey, our legacy of RV rental and sales excellence isn’t in the rearview mirror, American style. Cruise America, and sister If you ever have any questions, please don’t Cruise America has been renting motorhomes but in the driver’s seat. THE TOURS company Cruise Canada, want you to have hesitate to call us or one of the many tour for over 40 years; so with our extensive Page Tour Map key From this you can tell Cruise America know the family holiday you wish for, tailored to operators or travel agencies we work with. experience, top of the range motorhomes 12/13 Northwest USA motorhomesAnchorage and know the motorhome your needs; and we hope that by reading built especially for the motorhome rental 14/15 & California rental business; Cruise America know what the information in these pages you will market and our unrivalled service standards, come to learn just how exciting and 16 Northern California Highlights you want in a rental vehicle and we know all we can offer you as an extra is…the holiday what we want to provide for you. As you motivating this type of holiday can be. of a lifetime. 17 Southern California Highlights read through the following pages we hope Americans and Canadians have been 18 The Thee State Triangle you will glean some of the knowledge we holidaying in motorhomes for fifty or more 19 The Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Tour have of our industry; of motorhome rental years. We call them RV’s – Recreational 20/21 Attractions of the West and of ‘camping’ in Vehicles – and that’s exactly what they are – the true North 22 Death Valley and 31 vehicles built specially for ‘recreation’. We Lake Havasu add-on Anchorage ALASKA doubt that you will find an American family 23 Phoenix to Las Vegas who has not bought or hired an RV at some YUKON Photo: Andy, San Ramon 24 Arizona and New Mexico TERRITORY stage in their life and taken the family out on with the Grand Canyon the road for long weekends. With over 15,000 BRITISH 28 heart desires. Not so keen on a particular a minimal cost, hotels serving the National destination for a full day of family fun. There is 25 Cowboy Country 29 COLUMBIA Vancouver ALBERTA fabulous camping resorts to choose from, it is place once you get there? Kids getting bored? Parks are typically expensive. Aside from the never any rush…and it doesn’t get better than Island Vancouver 26/27 Utah’s Mighty Five and Beyond hard to see why anyone would want to book No problem, all aboard and let’s drive to the National or State Parks, practically all of the that. Calgary their family into a hotel. next destination. tourist sites and sights that have drawn you 28/29 Icons and National Parks SASKATCHEWAN SHARE YOUR ADVENTURE…Take lots of of the Real America Seattle MANITOBA 27 30 here have welcoming RV Parks right there. ONTARIO There are so many benefits to hiring a PRICE…Although hotels may seem relatively pictures of your RV family adventure in a Portland 1 30/31 Houston to Las Vegas via Big Bend WASHINGTON Halifax MONTANA motorhome that it is hard to list them, but we cheap when you book in, there are always the PLEASURE…For children travelling in a Cruise America or Cruise Canada vehicle. R Montreal 32/33 Route 66 including Highway 1 M VER O will try and tell you some of them. Billings 24 I additional costs that everyone forgets about motorhome it is sheer pleasure. There is no C 26 M O We really love pictures of your family and C 13 H NT 23 34 Texas and Louisiana I NEW until they arrive. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner cramming into the back seat of a car; no ”I don’t K N.H. G YORK FREEDOM…There is no other holiday that friends enjoying themselves. Share photos, A OREGON Y WISCONSIN N . being the main culprits! Drinks, coffees, want the middle seat”. Instead they can all sit 35 Rhythms of the South Minneapolis / St Paul ASS 2 Toronto 22 M Boston IDAHO 11 SOUTH DAKOTA gives you this freedom. You can stay in one videos, and stories on the Cruise America RV NN . CALIFORNIA CO R.I. snacks! Want the loo and you have to find a round the table in the motorhome and either

36 Disney and More WYOMING place for as long or as little time as you fancy. Community and you could win a $500 Gift M Newark bar – and you have to buy a drink! All of these play games or look out of the big windows at O 37 Florida’s Beaches and the Keys NEVADA PENNSYLVANIA N. J. New York There are no rigid rules about how long or Certificate towards the next RV trip of your 3 IOWA Chicago 25 U costs have to be paid at a restaurant, café, bar the view. Salt Lake City NEBRASKA Philadelphia short a time you stay in one place. What other dreams or even see yourself in print, in the N 38/39 Florida Plus including D OHIO N A L DEL. or pub. Compare this to an RV, where it is San UTAH T ILLINOIS INDIANA Y R The Great Smokies S A things are there ‘not’: No set times for NATURE…Wake up to the sound of birds and next edition of the Tourbook! M Washington DC Fransisco A N WEST I literally home away from home. You wouldn’t A I breakfast or dinner; no unpacking and a view of a vast mountain range. Step outside 40/41 Washington, DC to Orlando Denver T Las N N have every single meal, drink and Hiring a motorhome to see America and MISSOURI U VIRGINIA COLORADO KANSAS O re-packing every day; no 7 Vegas S and take a deep breath of mountain or sea air. 42 Northeast ­Cities and More 4 M Rentals snack out in a restaurant if you were Canada truly is an exceptional experience. The E extortionate costs for the Relax with the family and eat breakfast in the 12 G D NORTH CAROLINA are possible from great outdoors is just waiting to be explored. 43 Best of New England I at home and you don’t need to if you 6 KENTUCKY R mini bar and no tipping sunshine. Then head out to your chosen 17 E 21 44 Minnesota Wildlife U are on holiday, certainly not in a Come with us now and take a look at our Los Angeles 10 15 OKLAHOMA L 8 B twenty seven the porter every time he 5 9 ARIZONA ARKANSAS San Diego Albuquerque SOUTH motorhome. But no one is saying you suggested itineraries with recommended 45 The Great Lakes Music Tour CAROLINA locations in the USA and Phoenix Atlanta opens the door or picks NEW MEXICO Dallas ALABAMA can’t eat out if you want to! The point campgrounds to get you on the right track. 46 Classic Ontario Circle Tour in Canada. up your bag!! five is you have the choice. 16 LOUISIANA 20 47 Classic Quebec No other company FLEXIBILITY… You could 14 MISSISSIPPI 18 ACCESS…Your motorhome gives 48 Best of Canada’s West TEXAS choose to follow one of Stay in touch with us here Houston can offer you this many you access to all main tourist areas. 49 Vancouver Island add-on our suggested itineraries @cruiseamericaRV Orlando locations to travel from, Tampa FL When visiting places such as the 50 Scenic Splendour of ORID 19 on the following pages, cruiseamericarv to and between! Grand Canyon or Zion National Park, The Maritime Canada A design your own itinerary @cruiseamerica Miami you are able to overnight within the Employee owned. Customer driven. or just take to the open 51 Alaska Highlights grounds of the parks and usually at www.youtube.com/user/cruiseamericarv road and go to where your

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he first key to good value renting of a you to prepay. For those clients that just Power Steering AM/FM Radio & Stereo Our RV’s are type ‘C’ for ‘Cab-Over’ or ‘T’ for ‘Truck’. We find them far more serviceable for Cruise America or Cruise Canada vehicle want the worry-free “all-In” option we also Power Brakes / ABS System Refrigerator/Freezer Compartment is knowing that our pricing is based on offer the Unlimited Mileage Plus Package. the rental business than the old flat fronted, T Cruise Control Combination Shower coach style ‘A’ bodies we used to rent many availability. When we have more vehicles If you are going to pick up in one city and (Separate in C-30) years ago which were always prone to chipped available, the price will be cheaper; when we Automatic Transmission return to another, you will be expected to windscreens. Indeed there is more internal have more vehicles available in a certain Fresh water Flush Toilet pay a one-way fee. Fees vary from $250 to Dash A/C space in the type ‘C’ and the cab-over bed is a category, you may find a larger vehicle is Generator (in Canada only in C30; firm favourite among the youngsters! $650 depending on the routing and Furnace cheaper than a small one. not available in T17) normally customers pay that directly to Everything Cruise America rents is built 3 Cook Top Burner (2 in the C19) The second key is to understand that the the rental station when they pick up Rear Dual Tires (single rear tires specially for the rental market and while we EARLIER you book, the more availability there their vehicle. Microwave Oven on the C19 and T17) cannot say things are totally indestructible, we will typically be – and hence the cheaper the make a very good effort to ensure that things Everything is subject to state or provincial My turn to drive! Roof A/C 2-Wheel Drive price will be. Photo: Jacqueline Marsh like cupboard latches are secure, fabrics are tax; normally your tour operator will add durable, curtains are well secured and light- When you call us, or your tour operator, you this on to your pre-paid items but do expect it proof; our mattresses are easily cleaned, vinyl will be given the price for the entire rental also to be added to any locally paid items. SPECIFICATIONS T17 C19 C25 C30 floors too. We are always striving to improve time, including insurance. our RV’s and work with the design team at INSURANCE is really important to everyone Tank Capacities (gallons/litres) one of the USA’s major manufacturers to You will be asked how many miles you think and we include it in your rental price. We cover Water Heater 6/22 6/22 6/22 6/22 ensure we are as current in the RV marketplace you will be travelling – and you can pre-buy you automatically for one million dollars as we can be. your mileage accordingly at a saving from the liability. Your vehicle is also covered for Fresh Water 22/83 20.5/76 40/151 40/151 Scan to see a virtual tour All of our RV’s have a refrigerator and freezer. per mile rate. You can buy blocks of 500 or 100 accidental damage but please be aware there Grey Water 15/56 16/62 24/92 22/83 of the T17 now. They all have a hob and a microwave and miles/kilometres or, if you think you will travel is a deductible excess, just as with your car Black Water 16/60 17/64 24/92 25/94 cupboards for food storage in the kitchen a long way, you can pre-purchase unlimited insurance at home. For any damage to our area. All have a shower, basin and flush toilet. The newest addition to our fleet is the Gasoline 23/88 40/151 55/208 55/208 Day mileage. It is good to note that in certain $60,000 plus valued vehicles, you may be Waste water from the bathroom and kitchen T17 Truck Camper. It is attached to an LP Gas 5/19 11/45 12/46 12/46 months, on certain vehicles, you can save 25% charged up to $1000 dollars (2018/19) towards goes into two on-board holding tanks when F-150 truck making it easy to drive and of the unlimited mileage charge for up to each damage claim. This does not mean an you are not hooked up to mains drainage at a Bed Dimensions (inches/meters) manoeuvre for first time renters. The truck three weeks! If you choose one of our automatic charge of $1000 for each claim; it campground. camper has plenty of power to master even Cab Over 60 x 76 60 x 84 57 x 96 57 x 96 itineraries in this brochure it will be easy for means UP TO……… as an example, if the All Cruise America vehicles come with power the steepest terrain. Whatever your plans, 1.54 x 1.93 1.52 x 2.13 1.45 x 2.44 1.45 x 2.44 you to know basic mileage – but please don’t damage repair cost is $50, that is all you will steering, power brakes and automatic the T17 offers comfort and accessibility. forget you will not just drive from be charged. It is important to note that all Dinette 30 x 80 37 x 72 37 x 72 37 x 72 transmission. If you drive a manual vehicle at campground to campground on your route; insurance is invalidated if the vehicle is being 0.76 x 2.0 0.94 x 1.83 0.94 x 1.83 0.94 x 1.83 home, it will take you seconds to get the hang Sleeps up to 3 people you will divert to places of interest along the driven contrary to the Rental Agreement Rear – – 54 x 80 60 x 74 of forgetting your left foot and just using the way so be generous with yourselves and signed at pick up. – – 1.37 x 2.03 1.52 x 1.88 on/off pedals – the power and the brake. Length 20’ / 6.15 meters mileage, the caveat being there are no Night The last thing you need to know about is the Couch – – – 42 x 68 From our own experience, the vehicle length has refunds for un-used mileage. $500 refundable security deposit. This will be – – – 1.06 x 1.72 never been a problem – it just seems to follow Cruise America & Cruise Canada provides a charged to your credit card upon pick up. Any you! Just be sure to make your turns wide. The Exterior Dimensions (feet & inches/meters) vehicle width takes a little while to get used to, Personal Kit with personal bedding and towels extra mileage charges or damages will be Length (to nearest foot) 20’/ 6.15 20’/6.15 25’/7.6 30’/9.1 but by day two you will be driving your RV like a and a Kitchen Kit of pots and pans and charged against this deposit and any costs for professional! crockery. Normally you would pay for these at oil (keep receipts please!) will be credited to Width (mirrors retracted) 7’ 2” / 2.18 7’ 8”/2.34 8’ 4”/2.54 8’ 4”/2.54 Perhaps if there are just two of you and you want, the rental station if you require them but you. It is really important to us that you keep Height (clearance) 12’ / 3.72 12’/3.72 12’/3.72 12’/3.72 some tour operators may have the option for the oil levels at normal – hence we’ll pay for it!! not just all the comforts, but also a motorhome that is easy to drive and park, as well as being With over 40 years experience in renting and economical, then you should choose the C19 or manufacturing our own motorhomes, we the T17. On the other hand if you are a family of 4 know exactly what renters require to make the C25 is ideal, or if you’ re a small party their motorhome holiday as easy as possible. travelling for sometime, the C30 for all the extra We currently custom build 4 motorhome storage and space. types so it is easy for you to choose the right motorhome depending on the number of Cruise America personal people, length of vacation and your individual and kitchen / vehicle kit, needs. available to pre-book for your convenience.

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Our smallest C-Class RV is our efficient C19. Our medium size vehicle, the C25, has been It is narrower and will fit into a regular car a stalwart of fleet design for many years. parking slot. It’s perfect for a couple with its With a rear corner double bed as well as a large double bed over the cab, kitchen at the double bed over the cab it is ideal for two back and all those other facilities. If you have couples or a family of up to five – like the a young child, the dining table easily drops to C19 the dinette area easily converts to make the dinette into another bed. another bed.

Sleeps family up to 3 Sleeps family up to 5

Length 20’ 2”/6.15 meters Length 24’ -25’/7.3-7.6 meters

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The C30 vehicle is the largest motorhome on The Cruise America & Cruise Over and above our Cruise America App there are a vast number of websites available to help you our fleet. Its special feature is the large Canada App is available plan your holiday in advance. Some of these may also offer their own Apps for mobile devices. separate bedroom at the rear with its 5ft for download in the iOS We have listed some here that we have found useful and you may find them valuable in wide bed! There is also a double bed over the App and Android Store planning your holiday as well. cab, a convertible sofa-bed and a convertible and you will find it if you search for dinette bed. The shower is separate from the Cruise America. Of course the App is toilet/basin as well in the C30. FREE and offers you a number of very helpful resources for pre-planning your Sleeps family up to 7 holiday but also for when you are already travelling on the road. Length 29’ -30’/8.8-9.1 meters The resources include a download For campground Information on the National For campground Information on the National option of the Renters Assistance Guide Parks and the State Parks in the USA visit Parks in Canada in English and French visit in several languages, which includes www.recreation.gov and www.stateparks.com www.pc.gc.ca detailed information on the vehicle´s For information on dispersed camping also You can find a list of campgrounds in Alberta at features including operating the RV and known as boondocking visit www.albertacampgroundguide.ca troubleshooting. There is also a hard http://www.rv-camping.org/boondocking/ If you are new to RVing visit www.gorving.ca Scan to see a copy version supplied on board every for useful tips and tricks on RV holidays in virtual tour of http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/ vehicle but the App provides a convenient recreation/camping.html Canada. the C30 now. way to download an online version so For a comprehensive listing of campgrounds For campground and other useful you can easily search the document for with the facility to do area searches visit information on the individual states and trouble shooting and operating tips via www.campingroadtrip.com territories in Canada visit: your smartphone. As well as a download You can find the popular KOA campground Day option of the Orientation video, the listing online at www.koa.com British Columbia: www.britishcolumbia.travel What to Expect on Day 1 video and For alternative scenic routes made out for Alberta: www.travelalberta.com further Troubleshooting videos in several Service with a smile! leisurely travel and ‘cruisin visit www.byways.org languages. These essential videos offer Quebec: www.quebecoriginal.com Find out how your favourite campground has Ontario: www.ontariotravel.net invaluable information, guidance and been rated at www.rvparkreviews.com assistance both pre departure and whilst on campsites, hookup sites, opening times and Visit the National Association of RV Parks & Halifax: www.destinationhalifax.com the road, to ensure you are equipped for a other useful information. Furthermore there Campgrounds website at www.arvc.org more enjoyable camping experience. is an overview of dump stations - a facility For campground and other useful information An overview of RV Parks/Campgrounds for where you can empty the grey & black water on the individual states in the USA visit: the USA and Canada with short profiles holding tanks of the RV, gas (petrol) stations, Night grocery stores and restaurants. telling you about the number of available Arizona: www.visitarizona.com California: www.visitcalifornia.com Colorado: www.colorado.com Florida: www.visitflorida.com Georgia: www.exploregeorgia.org Minnesota: www.exploreminnesota. com Nevada: www.travelnevada.com New Mexico: www.newmexico.org Oregon: www.oregon.com Texas: www.traveltexas.com Utah: www.visitutah.com Washington State: www.experiencewa.com

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n North America, there are thousands of depending on the area; they will be more season. Again prices vary but, generally, you How have we chosen the campgrounds Otherwise, if travelling in July and August or on the campgrounds ranging from high class expensive close to big attractions such as will find these sites very cost-effective. On- Q featured in our itineraries? following holiday weekends, booking ahead is a very I resorts with every amenity, through owner Disneyworld or Niagara Falls; also in states line booking is a possibility and many of Many campgrounds are in here because of the good idea: run campgrounds where hospitality is the where most things are pricey – such as some these sites will have an email booking form – a personal recommendation of a member of USA & CANADA: Christmas and Easter. key, to the more basic camping experience up in the northeast USA. Generally, however, you complete that and email it off to them. Cruise America’s staff – Camplands in San Diego for USA: Memorial Day in May, Independence Day in found at National, State and Provincial Park they are still excellent value for money being instance. Every single one we have featured has July, Labor Day in September, Thanksgiving in campgrounds and finally there is free in fine locations and giving everything you National, State and Provincial Park been checked with one or other of the sites which November. give ratings to campgrounds. Of course it has to be camping, also known as dispersed camping would need. Most of these larger Campgrounds CANADA: Canada Day in July, Labor Day in said that these ratings will have been based on or boondocking for example on the beautiful campgrounds have on-line booking on their These provide the most idyllic locations and September, Thanksgiving in October – plus a reports by customers who have visited in the past; the opportunity to ‘commune with nature’. myriad of other holidays in certain Provinces. public lands that have been set aside by the individual websites. things change, campgrounds are bought and sold. government for recreational purposes. Waking up in an amazing location, with Campland on the Bay, California Photo: Campland.com However, we feel confident that those we have How about the family owned and operated How do we book nothing but the birdsong and the sunrise to suggested will be to your satisfaction. If you feel Breakfast alfresco! We want to give you a taste of each of these campgrounds then… in advance? disturb you, has to be just perfect. Rarely will you would like to choose your own campgrounds, Q similarly homely, but quite different in style, more than just one night. On all of our itineraries You can often book our selected campgrounds Smaller, family run and with a reputation for you find water or electric or waste disposal or check the ratings on the ones we have chosen, experiences. We will be honest and tell you we have shown a ‘must not miss’ place – and this on-line or by email. You will need to know the personal service would sum up this category. hook-ups at these campgrounds – not a by all means do so. The Website address for our a though, if there is a National or State Park in may guide you on how long you wish to spend at day of arrival and number of nights you wish to More often than not with paved roads and RV problem if you make sure your freshwater suggested overnight campground is listed at the Do we need full hook-ups the area, we recommend you choose one of each place. It has to be said that some campgrounds stay; if they ask about electricity amps “What Amps sites and with full hook-ups to town water, tank is full, your propane tank is full (for your end of each day. are ‘break your journey’ stops – in which case one every night? their campgrounds to stay in! do you want?” you will need to tell them 30 amps Q electricity and waste disposal. They will have gas hob, water heater and fridge) and your night is enough. How did we choose what itineraries (all Cruise America vehicles are 30 amps). You will If your fresh water tank is full, there is no need Let’s talk first about the ‘high class resorts’ clean showers and toilets, often a general waste holding tanks are empty. You have a be asked for your credit card details to pay in to hook up to city water. If your grey and black Q to include in the Tourbook? Are there any times we should definitely a store and Laundromat. There will normally be separate ‘coach battery’ (i.e. not the engine advance. Each campground has its own water waste tanks are empty, there is no need to These may be privately or corporately owned With over 40 years experience of helping people book our campgrounds in advance? a swimming pool unless they have lake or battery) which will power a couple of internal Q cancellation policy so be sure to find out what that use the waste disposal at the site. It’s probably only and will normally be pristine, in a great with their motorhome vacations in North a If wanting to stay near big attractions – Disney, is and make a note. electricity you would plug into on such an occasion. beach swimming; a children’s activity area LED lights for, perhaps a day or 2 but if you Lake Havasu, Arizona Photo: Willy Lowe America, we believe we have the knowledge and location, with paved roads and RV sites, and Universal Studios, Niagara Falls – or close to Obviously if your waste tanks are full and your fresh and often family style entertainment in have a vehicle with on-board generator, this experience to know where people want to travel. a full hook-ups to town water, electricity beautiful public lands that have been set popular cities or in the National Parks, we would water tank is empty, you will want full hook-ups! will either run to power you or will boost your While it is important that where you stay overnight and waste disposal. They will have aside by the government for recreational always recommend advance booking. batteries with a quick blast in the morning! is clean and comfortable, it’s the daytime journey smart showers and toilets for the use of purposes. We especially like camping on Do note though and the sights you will see, that will make your ‘campers’. There will be a Clubhouse, that most Parks Forest Service land, BLM (Bureau of Land holiday a success. So we have highlighted must see often a restaurant and bar area; and of will have a Management) areas, WMA’s (Wildlife experiences or ‘Visit’ on each day to show you what course a swimming pool or private restriction on Management Areas) and county or city parks. you won’t want to miss. beach, plenty of children’s activities when you can/ “Boondocking” refers to this kind of camping and sporting opportunities. Costs vary (also known as “dispersed camping”). Some How have we constructed our suggested cannot use your itineraries? generator – so as people call it “free camping” or even “wild Q The majority of our itineraries shows one night not to disturb camping” because it doesn’t cost anything at each campground. We know, however, that other campers. and many sites are far out in nature a Good morning! Photo: Merielle Robinson It’s a dog’s life! somewhere. Whatever name you give it, it not all of you will be taking 7-10 night holidays! So Some National falls under the category of “dry camping” we have left it to you to decide how many nights you will spend at each campground, thus lengthening Marsmallows in Yellowstone and/or State Park because you are living in your RV without Time for breakfast! our itineraries into the perfect trip for you. All Photo: Shane Morrison campgrounds will hooking it up to city water, sewer or mileages shown in the Tourbook are approximate have shower and toilet facilities (i.e. Mather electricity. and may vary depending on route chosen. Campground in the Grand Canyon and Furnace Creek campground in Death Valley). How long should we spend at each You can check the individual facilities for the Q campground then? USA on www.recreation.gov and for Canada That’s a tough question! If you are going to visit on www.pc.gc.ca – you can pre-book on a the Grand Canyon, for instance, you will both these websites too. probably want to spend at least three nights. You may be happy to view the Canyon from the top of Dispersed Camping / Boondocking the South rim or you may want to take a day trek There is nothing like the feeling of freedom down into the Canyon, a helicopter ride over the setting up camp in an ideal, secluded, Canyon is breathtaking and can be booked with several operators such as Maverick Helicopters. Yes, picturesque campsite out in the hinterlands there is an airport right there with helicopter tours somewhere. Not in a campground, and not in going all day. In fact all of the National Parks and/or an RV park, but camping somewhere on the State Parks are most likely going to be places for Room for one more? Photo: Michele Clancy

cruiseamerica.com 10 cruiseamerica.com 11 northwest usa One of our longest itineraries, taking you through Washington State, Idaho and Oregon. Pick up in our Seattle/Everett location, or in Portland, Oregon. There are a lot of miles here; you will want to stay more than the one night in several locations, it’s spectacular and you will want to linger…

Elk antler arch, Jackson as Lyman, Hamilton and Concrete – the latter being Rocky Mountains near Motorhome Itinerary worth a stop as it really was ‘cement city’! Though the historic cities of North Cascades NP Yosemite NP Mount Campground many of the original wooden buildings of the early Anaconda and Butte NEVADA Day 1 > Collect your motorhome and head north Vernon Coulee 1900’s were destroyed by fire, three still remain. and surrounded by RV Park Playland Blackwell Island on Interstate 5 to Mount Vernon, just over forty Resort RV Resort Continue through Rockport and Marblemount and Forest Service and SEATTLE/ Sequoia NP miles with most on the Interstate to your EVERETT Death MONTANA Valley NP campground. ✪ 40 miles to Mount Vernon RV Park enter the North Cascades National Park. On your left wilderness experiences. Mt. Rainier NP CALIFORNIA Fairmont LONE PINE ★ you will see Damnation Peak, Mount Despair, Butte was known as the Boulder Creek Catch a show at the restored Lincoln Theatre, W ASHINGTON RV Park Mount Terror and thankfully, Mount Triumph! To ‘Richest Hill on Earth’ Hearst Castle RV Resort originally built in 1926 and still using the original PORTLAND Campsite Santa Grande Margarita KOA theatre organ from the time. Visit the your right, Pyramid Peak and Colonial Peak. for first gold, then silver, Portland Hot Springs RV Park Barstow/ Overnight in the National Park. ✪ 65 miles to North copper, lead and zinc have Resort Calico KOA Roozengaarde Display Garden to see a breath- Yellowstone NP Cascades National Park, Newhalem Campground all been mined here. The taking display of the tulips the city is renowned for, OREGON ★ Relaxing in Grand Teton NP IDAHO in celebration of its Dutch heritage! Visit Diablo Lake and Ross Dam. historic district is well Photo: Jacobus Roeleveld Boise/Meridian KOA LOS ANGELES Snake River https://goo.gl/d268rU https://goo.gl/Jgp2EC worth a visit. Park KOA Massacre ✪ 275 miles to Butte Rocks Day­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 3 > Continue through North Cascades NP, ­Day 7 > As you leave Yellowstone by the South State Park SAN DIEGO Day 2 > Though only sixty-five miles, your journey ★ Visit Missoula for Pacific Ocean Campland on the Bay dropping down through the Okanagan National Entrance you’ll enter Grand Teton National Park. It’s CALIFORNIA NEVADA UTAH will take a while as it will be through some very Fort Missoula, the University of Montana and the MEXICO Forest to Electric City. The attraction here is the because they’re so ‘young’ that those magnificent scenic locations as you head toward the North Foundation. www.fairmontrvresort.com Buffalo in Yellowstone NP Mount Rainer National Forest Photo: Lewis County Convention & Visitor Bureau/Loren Lane Cascades National Park. You will be following the Grand Coulee Dam. This is the largest electricity mountains rise directly from the Jackson Lake valley American Falls. During high water flows you’ll see a Natural Area, rejoining the freeway just north of eco-friendly light rail system. We are Journey Details Skagit River as you pass through small towns such production facility in the USA – fifth in the world – Day 6 > South-east towards Yellowstone National without foothills. It’s easy to see how they got their and is the largest concrete structure too. There is Park. You should leave the Interstate at Belgrade name from French speaking trappers. Stay on Route torrent of water spilling over the falls that originally Meridian where you will have to head south for a recommending the Portland Fairview DEPART Portland or Seattle enough concrete in the Grand Coulee Dam to build and head south on the scenic Route 191, through 89 and by the Idaho border, bear west bound for gave the city its name. Situated on the Snake River, couple of miles to reach your campground just RV Park in a peaceful setting just eight just off Interstate 86, exit 28, Massacre Rocks State outside of Boise. ✪ 210 miles to Boise miles east of downtown. a 60 foot wide road, four inches thick, from Los the Gallatin National Forest and past the Big Sky Idaho Falls. ✪ 215 miles to Idaho Falls ★ Visit the DURATION 13 days Angeles to New York City! That would be a four lane Resort. You’ll enter through the West Entrance and, top year round resort of Jackson. It’s home to Park is open year round and covers approximately ★ Visit the glittering cascades at Thousand ✪ 150 miles to Portland ★ Visit highway, 3,000 miles long. ✪ 175 miles to the if you’ve got time, Yellowstone is definitely the celebrities and visiting ‘beautiful people’. 1,000 acres. Rich in history, as wheel ruts from Springs, just past and then Bruneau Panorama Point for the dramatic DISTANCE 1,935 miles Coulee Playland Resort, close to Electric City place to spend that extra day, or even longer. Most www.snakeriverrvpark.com wagons on the Oregon Trail still show, pioneers Dunes south of Mountain Home. view of , Oregon’s ★ Visit the Grand Coulee Visitors Centre. On of the major and iconic sites are on a loop. It’s used this area as a rest stop for years. Many www.koa.com/campgrounds/boise probably - but not necessarily - dormant emigrant names are inscribed on Register Rock volcano. www.portlandfairviewrv.com summer evenings, a laser light show, including under a hundred miles round but, traffic jams Day 8 > A great deal has changed for the first Day 10 > Heading west back towards the Pacific itinerary we would recommend you purchase the which is now protected by a weather shelter. The full-size images of battleships and the Statue of around here are caused not by visitors but Americans over centuries, but a great deal has Ocean your route soon takes you into the state of Early Bird Departure Special which allows you to State Park campsite is home for tonight. ✪ 55 miles Day 12 > Having enjoyed the city, it’s off once again Liberty, is projected onto the dam’s wall. whenever the local wildlife decide to walk, sit or lie remained the same. The Shoshone and Bannock Oregon. The suggested overnight stop is near the return up to 3pm. It’s a fairly long drive back and to Massacre Rocks State park at American Falls ★ to a National Park – your last before returning to www.couleeplayland.com close to or even on the road. You’ll not move a tribes were granted 1.8 million acres in Eastern town of Le Grande which was the phrase an early being relaxed is the key to ending a great holiday! Idaho under the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868. Survey Visit The Lavas, caves and rock flows just outside Everett. After seventy or so freeway miles, turn off buffalo and, if you’re lucky enough to find it’s a bear French settler used to describe this area’s beauty. Day 4 > As you head for fabulous Coeur D’Alene in errors, treaties, and promises both kept and broken Idaho Falls https://goo.gl/PnwvkC on Route 12 toward the park. Mount St Helens rises Tulip Fields in the Skagit Valley Photo: Washington State Tourism/J. Poth or a moose up ahead, you’ll want to stop just as Dominated by Mount Emily, the vast area you’ll moved the boundaries of the tribal lands to as little on your right and, in fact, you may be tempted to Idaho, after about 90 miles your drive takes you everyone else will. Coming in from the West and drive through is the Wallowa-Whitman National as 418 thousand acres and back to their present Day 9 > Just over 200 miles or three hours will bring come off the freeway and ‘cut the corner’ by driving through Spokane, Washington. We’re sure you’ll heading out to the South means that, whichever Forest. ✪ 160 miles to La Grande ★ Visit Baker City area of almost 544 thousand acres. you to Idaho’s State Capital today. At first you’ll be right past the Mount St Helens National Volcanic want to stop so please look at their website to see way round you choose, there will be a section you for the primary visitor centre and interpretive following the Snake River on your right; then on Monument. It’s three miles shorter but will take a what you might want to do there – wineries being a drive twice. In this case it’s the road by Fountain As you drive south on Hwy 15 today, you will pass museums along the historic Oregon Trail. your left. The freeway continues to Boise but you lot longer due to the windy roads. Mount Rainier ‘big thing’. You have plenty of time to linger as there Paintpot and Old Faithful so it’s no hardship. There through the Fort Hall Indian Reservations. A ‘must might want to turn off just after Glens Ferry and https://goo.gl/9xoETb National Park was established in 1899. Elevations is only another 30 miles before reaching tonight’s are several campsites on the loop as well as near see’ is a collection of Native American art and continue through the Snake River Birds of Prey range from 1,610’ to 14,410’ above sea level and the campground. Blackwell Island RV Park is located the entrances. The website has all the information. artefacts at an unusual shop called The Clothes Day 11 > Much of the drive today will be alongside ‘mountain’ is actually an active volcano encased in right on the water. Sit on the beach or take a dip in ✪ 180 miles to Yellowstone National Park Horse. Over generations the Shoshone Bannock the mighty Columbia River which separates Oregon over 35 square miles of snow and ice, surrounded the lake. Coeur d’Alene offers a wide range of ★ Visit Mammoth Hot Springs; Grand Canyon of tribes have developed a particular style and quality from the state of Washington on its northern bank. by old growth forest and stunning wildflower indoor and outdoor activities. Within Kootenai Yellowstone; Inspiration and Artist Points: all which is considered world class, some of their You should break your journey first at Pendleton for meadows. There are three or four Forest Service County there are 87 parks and campgrounds, 47 within Yellowstone National Park. pieces are even on display at the Smithsonian in the fine local woollen goods and then at Fort Dalles campgrounds to choose from on Routes 12 and hiking trails, fishing, swimming, hiking, world class www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm Washington, DC. Turn off on Hwy 86 towards which originated as a US Army outpost deep in golf, horseback riding, tennis, amusement parks, ‘Indian Country’ and on the Oregon Trail. The name, 410. Take a look at the appropriate websites to find ✪ and, of course, spectacular scenery at every turn. in French, refers to the very strong rapids one you like. 180 miles to Mt Rainier National ★ You may want to stay longer than just one night! just outside the town. Maybe you’ve heard Park Visit the seven areas of ✪ 120 miles to Coeur D’Alene ★ Visit Riverfront that the city of Portland, Oregon, has been the park – or as many as you Park in central Spokane and the Cataldo Mission named by ‘Money’ magazine as North can. Each has trailheads and outside Coeur d’Alene. www.idahorvpark.com America’s “Best Big City”. One visit will facilities; some more rustic explain why. The gardens, museums, than others. Day 5 > Only about four hours drive if you stayed zoo and fine dining will maybe be https://goo.gl/w8PHZ5 on the Interstate but you’d miss so much if you did. a welcome contrast to the Day 13 > 110 miles to After completing your crossing of that sliver of outdoors life of the last few Everett to Drop off your Idaho, your route takes you into Montana: Big Sky days. Much can be accessed via motorhome. For ease country. Your campground is located in the great the region’s convenient and outdoors of Southwest Montana, nestled in the and comfort on this Diablo Lake Cataldo Mission outside Coeur d’Alene Photo: Idaho Tourism Circle of wagons, the Oregon Trail Red barn with Mount Hood in the distance

cruiseamerica.com 12 cruiseamerica.com 13 oregon and california Whatever your passion, Oregon’s natural and scenic variety – coast, mountains, rivers, high desert, plains, forests Then onwards on this scenic tour to Northern California, a land of agricultural bounty and valleys – lends equally to exhilarating outdoor adventure or tranquil exploration. Oregon also has more scenic where you’ll experience soaring Redwood Trees, taste world class wine in Sonoma County byways and tour routes than any other state as well as no sales tax so plenty of shopping opportunities. and finally end your trip and maybe leave your heart in San Francisco.

to Newberry Volcano. The Lava Lands Visitor which has about 20 miles of hiking and nature Motorhome Itinerary WASHINGTON Center on Lava Butte provides an excellent trails, abundant wildlife, river access, a visitor Fort Stevens State Park State Park PORTLAND Day 1 > Begin your adventure by spending a couple orientation to the volcanic landscape and the Trail centre with exhibits and a nature store. of nights in Portland. Surrounded by natural beauty, of Molten Lava. https://goo.gl/cP6BHo https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=413 Mt Hood known for its distinctive neighbourhoods each with Oxbow Day 7/8 > Take the Cascade Lakes National Scenic Day 12 > The trees within Humboldt Redwoods Regional Park PORTLAND a unique flavour and heritage, beautiful gardens, / OREGON Oxbow Mt Hood Byway through Deschutes National Forest as you State park are part of the largest remaining forest 3 4 craft beer, indie music scene and great shopping Regional Park head for Crater Lake National Park. No other place of virgin redwood trees in the world. At Meyers including the largest bookstore in the USA - Powell’s 5/6 Tumalo in America matches the dramatic beauty of Crater Flat, you can pass through the Drive-Thru-Tree. Tour State Park Books. After enjoying the hospitality of Portland it Beverly Beach Lake – deep, pure and astoundingly blue. Humboldt Bay by boat, then shop and dine in Old State Park is time to collect your Motorhome and head out Surrounded by sheer cliffs nearly 2,000 feet high, Town Eureka. Your journey continues along Crater Lake NP along the historic Columbia River Highway. Enjoy the lake is the 7th deepest in the world and the Highway 1, 300-foot-tall redwoods will tower Crater Lake RV Park 7/8 the panoramic views of the Gorge below and the Rogue River rafting Photo: Kevin Wright Lighthouse Tumalo deepest in the . Enjoy the unspoilt overhead as you drive the 31-mile stretch called Riverpark RV Resort / State Park many waterfalls close to the highway, the most Days 14/15 > Head back through this land of 9 10 wonder of Crater Lake National Park and the the Avenue of Giants. ✪ 215 miles to Manchester impressive of which is , which agricultural bounty and world-class wines; ancient Jedediah Smith 11 breathtaking scenery on the Volcanic Legacy All Beach KOA, Mendocino County ★ See one of the Redwoods State Park Jedediah Smith drops 620 feet and is Oregon’s most popular redwood forests and secluded ocean coves. With Redwood SP American Highway. Sample the best of what world’s tallest trees in Rockefeller Forest Offshore, natural attraction. ✪ 150 miles via Mt Hood to more than 300 friendly wineries, 40-plus spas, Oregon has to offer, from the freshest, locally-grown see the oldest Pacific Coast working lighthouse in Oxbow Regional Park ★ Take the exhilarating farm-to-table restaurants, art galleries, shops, mushrooms and berries to Rogue Valley cheeses Crescent City. www.manchesterbeachkoa.com Mt Hood Scenic Byway around what is one of rivers, redwoods, and trails that meander over oak Humboldt CALIFORNIA and wines at the dining room at the Visitors Centre. Redwoods SP Oregon’s most iconic landmarks to see some of covered hills, Sonoma County beckons the Crater Lake ✪ 105 miles to Crater Lake National Park Day 13 > It’s time to head south on Highway 101 RV Park 7/8 the state’s most stunning scenery. After exploring Oregon coastline Photo: Christian Heeb adventurous, the curious, and the lovers of the Riverpark ★ Be sure to do the 33-mile rim drive which offers through meandering rolling hills and a diverse RV Resort the gorge drive to Hood River and enjoy the small Northern California lifestyle, visit Bodega Bay for Days 3/4 > As you head south along this spectacular specializing in whales, oyster farming and sea spectacular views and watch the film, “Mirror of landscape rich in agricultural heritage. Along the 9/10 town feel and visit Hood River Water Front Park, way, visit some of Sonoma County’s best wineries beautiful ocean views and amazing clam chowder. Manchester Beach/ 12 Scenic Byway you will pass historic lighthouses, wildlife. Visit the Aquarium and see Heaven” at the Visitors Centre. There are many Mendocino Coast KOA 13 Cloverdale/ right on the Columbia River where you can watch Marin RV Park is located just 10 miles north of the Healdsburg KOA sleepy fishing villages and amazing vistas. Explore collections of flora and fauna native to the Oregon hikes around the lake…but for the more and sample an array of exceptional wines. Hike the kite and wind surfers from all over the world. Golden Gate Bridge. Take advantage of the public Cannon Beach with its quaint town centre and Coast as well as marine mammals, specifically sea adventurous try the hike down to the boat launch. nature trail in Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve 11 There are great restaurants too! transport by bus of ferry, close to the campground Jedediah Smith many art galleries. Nearby Haystack Rock, the third lions, seals, and sea otters. Passages of the Deep near Guerneville. South of picturesque Jenner-by- Redwoods SP The lake from this view is even more of an Marin RV Park https://goo.gl/nYSqBW into the centre of the city as you explore San 14/15 SAN FRANCISCO largest monolith in the world is one of the State’s allows visitors to walk through acrylic tunnels, incredible site. http://www.craterlakerv.com/ the-Sea stands Fort Ross State Historic Park and further along the coast is Kruse Rhododendron Francisco. ✪ 80 miles to Marin RV Park ★ Visit the Day 2 > Today you are heading to Astoria, which has most photographed natural wonders. The mighty surrounded by deep water marine animals. Days 9/10 > A beautiful drive along the Rogue- State Reserve. Explore numerous parks, beaches world famous Alcatraz Island – not only a been called “The Little San Francisco of the Pacific Pacific Ocean greets the beach along 7 gorgeous https://goo.gl/e9dczb Umpqua Scenic Byway today. Follow the wild and and coastal villages. ✪ 60 miles to Cloverdale fascinating tour, but also great views of the city Northwest,” and features a revitalized 1920s era miles in Lincoln City and be sure to stop en route at Journey Details Days 5/6 > Continue south along the coast and scenic Rogue River all the way into Grants Pass – a KOA, Sonoma County ★ Be sure to stop and from the boat ride over. Bike the Golden Gate downtown area and dozens of picturesque Victorian charming Depoe Bay which has the smallest stop at Heceta Head State Park where a short trail classic river town. A myriad of wineries and scenic embrace nature in Gualala Point Regional Park. Bridge and take the ferry back, an unforgettable DEPART Portland or San Francisco homes clinging to steep wooded hillsides. Rich in navigable harbour in the world. There are numerous charter fishing and whale watching companies that leads to the historic lighthouse and a spectacular byways await discovery in this region or maybe opt A must see is Point Arena historic lighthouse. experience. https://goo.gl/4eNTYc scenic beauty, the Pacific Ocean and the Columbia DURATION 16 days operate from here. Newport’s Historic Bay Front is view of the coast. Then it’s time to head East and for some world-class fishing, rafting, mountain Take time to visit some of Sonoma county’s fine River can be viewed from the top of Astoria’s Day 16 > After breakfast it is a 40 mile drive back to home to one of Oregon’s largest commercial fishing on to charming Sisters, an 1880’s theme town and biking or desert hiking. Southern Oregon is home wineries and maybe buy a bottle to enjoy around historic landmark Column (built in 1926, the the Cruise America depot. DISTANCE 1,230 miles along the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic to a pair of well-known festivals the campfire later! www.winecountrykoa.com Column is 125 feet high and has 164 steps winding fleets and visitors can enjoy shops, art galleries, Byway which follows the path of an 1860s wagon celebrating music and theatre - the to the top). ✪ 125 miles to Fort Stevens State chowder houses, restaurants, fish processing plants route and a unique place to shop with its many Britt Music Festival and Ashland’s Park ★ Have an educational experience and visit and family attractions in turn-of-the-century specialty stores and galleries. Continue on to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as the Maritime Museum and don’t miss the house of storefronts from a bygone era. Yaquina Head Lighthouse is the tallest on the Oregon Coast - friendly and cosmopolitan town of Bend. With 300 well as historical museums, arts 12 Lewis & Clark from 1805-06 in . The Cleetwood Trail, Crater Lake Manchester Beach/ Cloverdale/ soaring 93 feet in the air. ✪ 135 miles to Newport days of sunshine a year and bordered by the communities, antique malls Mendocino Coast KOA Healdsburg KOA https://goo.gl/9bfZct 13 ★ Perhaps experience an unforgettable whale Deschutes National Forest and the Cascade and thriving wine valley, the and perceptual phenomenon. You have to see it to watching tour with Marine Discovery Tours, the Mountains, Bend lies along the Deschutes River Applegate Valley. History believe it! Take in the majestic Rogue River which coastal leader in narrated bay and ocean tours and is famous for its many forms of outdoor buffs will recognize the runs from Crater Lake all the way to the Pacific recreation. This bustling city sits in a peaceful valley region as the site of Oregon’s Ocean (215 miles) and sign up for a Jet Boat or river and it began as a stopping point for wagon trains 19th-century gold rush, an rafting tour. http://www.riverparkrvresort.com/ Candlestick before they continued their journey across the era preserved for posterity RV Park 14 Cascade Mountains. Today, it’s central Oregon’s within the boundaries of Day 11 > As you head South take time to explore SAN FRANCISCO most populated city. ✪ 245 miles to Bend the entire town of the underground Oregon Caves National ★ Don’t miss Sea Lion Caves where visitors can Jacksonville. Monument and see a National Historic Landmark descend 208 feet down into the world’s largest sea ✪ 100 miles to (the Oregon Caves Chateau). Wave goodbye to cave, which is the home of the wild Steller sea lion. Grants Pass Oregon as you head over the border into California Grab some lunch in delightful Florence with its ★ Enroute stop at and the Redwoods. Established in 1929, this restored historic district and then take a dune the Oregon Vortex predominately old growth coast Redwoods Park is buggy ride in the Oregon Dunes National near Gold Hill. It is a bisected by the last major free flowing river in Recreation Area. From Bend take the scenic naturally occurring visual California, the Smith River. ✪ 75 miles to Jedediah chairlift to the summit of Mt. Bachelor or head out Smith Redwood State Park ★ Enjoy the park Portland cityscape Photo: Larry Geddis Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach Photo: Greg Vaughn Indian Chief, Mt Jefferson The vineyards of California’s ‘Wine Country’

cruiseamerica.com 14 cruiseamerica.com 15 northern california highlights southern california highlights Discover some of California’s most famous natural icons, then explore some of the hidden gems of Northern California on this 14 day trip. Running from San Francisco in the north right down to San Diego, just minutes from the Mexican border at Tijuana, On this wild and scenic tour of California, you’ll experience soaring Redwood Trees, awe-inspiring Yosemite, crystal clear waters at California has to be one of those ‘dream destinations’. It has everything from beaches to forests and National Parks so whatever Lake Tahoe, taste world class wines in Sonoma County and see where California’s gold rush began in Sacramento. your inclination, do join us for this magnificent ride. You will most definitely want more than one night in each place!

Day 8 > From Mt. Shasta take highway drive, around 3 hours on the Interstate and we are Mount Shasta KOA Saint-Henri-de-Taillon GROVELAND Motorhome Itinerary 89 toward McCloud. This will tie you Mt Shasta 14,162’ Motorhome Itinerary recommending Yosemite Pines RV as your Redwood NP 6/7 Yosemite Pines RV Site into one of California’s only All American L’Anse-Saint-Jean destination for the night – or nights – you choose to Yosemite NP Days 1/2 > Pick up your motorhome in San Day 1 > Pick up your motorhome from Cruise 5/6 Roads: the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway. Redwoods 5 Lassen Hautes-Gorges- spend here. The campground is an hour’s drive from NEVADA Francisco on the start of your adventure through RV Park Volcanic NP America in Los Angeles. Justde-la-Rivière under 4 hours drive on SAN 3/4 Malbaie NP Enjoy the beauty of this scenic drive as 8 the West Entrance but, because Yosemite’s three FRANCISCO LONE PINE Northern California. It’s not too far to travel as you 8 Hat Creek RV Park main Route 101 will bring you to the KOA where you RV Resort Boulder Creek Sequoia NP you make your way down to one of the NEVADA quarters of a million acres have few roads, you can RV Resort head for one the closest campgrounds to the city, will spend yourCe ntrefirst night. They call the area around Adventure Jacques-Cartier NP Monterey C ALIFORNIA regions most prized attractions: McArthur- see the valleys and rock formations, the Yosemite Death Marin RV Park. Take advantage of the public C ALIFORNIA Santa BarbaraMatta “America’swin Riviera” so their beaches Carmel Burney Falls Memorial State Park featuring a La Maurice lakes, the waterfalls and the highest peaks and yet Valley NP transport by bus or ferry, close to the campground and restaurantsNP 4/might5 make it Québeca natural City break along Mont-Tremblant NP Camping Hearst Castle 129-foot high waterfall that transports you to a Manchester La Baie still have all the resort facilities and full hook-ups for into the centre of the city over the next couple of 4 theLac way. Monroe ✪ 240 miles to Santa Margarita ★ Visit Campsite Beach KOA Campground tropical island. Subway Cave offers an opportunity SACRAMENTO 9/10 your vehicle waiting when you return to your Santa Margarita KOA days, as you explore San Francisco, one of America’s Cal Expo Chumash1/2 Painted Cave to see some of the very RV Park 11 Lake Tahoe ✪ to walk through a 1/3-mile long volcanic lava tube. Porto Bodega KOA Park campground. 150 miles to Groveland, Yosemite most popular cities, and it’s easy to see why. Californian vineyard elaborate and colourful rock paintingsM AINE that have Barstow/ ✪ ★ RV Park ★ Santa Barbara Calico KOA ✪ 50 miles to Marin RV Park ★ Visit the world 70 miles to Hat Creek Have a picnic lunch and Paci c Ocean Yosemite Ridge survived for five hundred to a thousand years. National Park Visit Bridal Veil and Yosemite Falls Campland on the Bay Photo: Campland.com Resort see is Point Arena historic lighthouse. ✪ 70 miles to try your fly fishing skills on Hat Creek. MONTRÉAL and, if you can, take the 2.5 mile hike to famous Alcatraz Island – not only a fascinating 12 /13 www.koa.com/campgrounds/santa-margarita/(Start) LOS ANGELES Marin RV Park 1/2 malls and their one hundred stores. (Start) Manchester Beach KOA, Mendocino County www.hatcreekresortrv.com Yosemite NP Inspiration Point. It’s steep towards the end so can Pac i c Oc ean tour, but also great views of the city from the boat ✪ 160 miles to Barstow ★ Take the shuttle from ★ Be sure to stop and embrace nature in Gualala SAN FRANCISCO Day 2 > Back-haul on 101 just 11 miles, turning take a little while but your reward will be the Newport Beach RV Park ride over. Bike the Golden Gate Bridge and take (Start) KOA to the silver mining ghost town of Calico. Point Regional Park. Take time to visit some of ­Days 9/10 > After seeing the stunning sights of SAN DIEGO the ferry back, an unforgettable experience. towards the Pacific Ocean and on to California’s classic photograph of the Yosemite Valley Campland 9/10 northern California’s volcanic parks, today you take a www.koa.com/campgrounds/barstow on the Bay https://www.marinrvpark.com/campground/ Sonoma county’s fine wineries and maybe buy a spectacular Route 1 at San Luis Obispo. After about bookended by the peaks of El Capitan and Half drive to Lake Tahoe. Truly a year-round destination, Journey Details bottle to enjoy around the campfire later! an hour you will see the signs for Hearst Castle and Dome. https://yosemitepinesrv.com/ ­Day 9/10 > Campland on the Bay is San Diego’s this beautiful jewel in the mountains offers so much Mont-Tremblant NP Day 3 > Less than an hour north of San Francisco’s www.koa.com/campgrounds/manchester-beach you can check into your campground and then spend premiere campground. Dig your toes in the sand on to do no matter what the weather. Lake Tahoe DEPART San Francisco Day 7 > Return to Yosemite and this time drive right Journey Details Golden Gate Bridge lays a land of agricultural bounty time at the folly built by newspaper billionaire William the private beach. Catch some sun and fun on a Day 5 > Your journey continues along Highway 1, activities are limitless. Spring and fall, Lake Tahoe through Yosemite to join the very scenic Route 395 and world-class wines, ancient redwood forests and DURATION 14 days Randolph Hearst or enjoy the San Simeon beaches. sailboat from the marina. Enjoy one of dozens of 300-foot-tall redwoods will tower overhead as you activities include perfect fishing and scenic Tahoe headed south on the other side. There’s so much of DEPART Los Angeles, San Francisco secluded ocean coves. Sonoma County is your next ✪ 55 miles to Hearst Castle ★ Visit San Luis activities and amenities for kids and adults that drive the 31-mile stretch called the Avenue of golf courses. Summer offers family fun time with importance linked by this road that it has its own or San Diego stop in the Golden State. With more than 300 DISTANCE 1,265 miles Obispo. They shorten the name to SLO and invite make Campland everyone’s favourite. ✪ 185 miles Giants. The trees within Humboldt Redwoods State mountain biking trips, horseback riding, fishing, website – scenic395.com. Having just left Yosemite, friendly wineries, 40-plus spas, farm-to-table you to enjoy the Slolife of laid back southern to Campland ★ Visit the historic del Coranado, DURATION 12 days park are part of the largest remaining forest of swimming, water sports and golf courses. you’ll now pass between no less than three more restaurants, art galleries, shops, rivers, redwoods, California. https://goo.gl/WhUipp San Diego Zoo and the waterfront. The virgin redwood trees in the world. At Meyers Flat, ✪ 215 miles to Lake Tahoe KOA ★ Evening dinner National Parks: Kings Canyon, Death Valley and and trails that meander over oak covered hills, Days 12/13 > Today, you visit one of the most restaurants and souvenir shops of Tijuana, DISTANCE 1,395 miles you can pass through the Drive-Thru-Tree. Tour cruises on the lake are a great way to end your day ­Day 3/4 > Head north on Route 1 and one of the Sequoia. You’ll also pass Mt. Whitney, the highest Sonoma County beckons the adventurous, the recognisable National Parks in North America, Mexico, make a popular evening out. Humboldt Bay by boat, then shop and dine in Old with spectacular views. world’s most scenic drives. You will want to stop at point in the contiguous USA. It’s almost within sight curious, and the lovers of the Northern California Yosemite. Comprising of over 1,189 square miles of www.campland.com Town Eureka. Between Orrick and Crescent City are www.koa.com/campgrounds/lake-tahoe/ Carmel and at Monterey and you will not want to of the lowest point which is in Death Valley’s lifestyle. In Sonoma County people come not to ‘be scenic wild lands and ranging from 2,000 feet above the world’s tallest trees – preserved in Redwood miss the famous 17 mile drive which hugs the Badwater Basin. ✪ 285 miles to Lone Pine ★ Visit seen’, but rather experience life. ✪ 55 miles to sea level to over 13,000 feet. The park is home to Day 11 > Today you are heading for another National Park. North of Klamath, you’ll be greeted Day 11 > Sacramento is the star on the map of Pacific coastline and past famous golf courses and Manzanar. As a contrast to the natural beauty Porto Bodega RV Park ★ Be sure to visit Bodega alpine meadows, mountain forests, lakes, waterfalls, great campground beach resort, located in by statues of legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan California - where you will find cultural attractions mansions in Pebble Beach. You’re headed for San around, this was the site of the relocation camp Bay for beautiful ocean views, and amazing clam abundant wildlife and a grove of giant sequoias. Newport Beach. Newport Dunes Waterfront and his blue ox, Babe. Crescent City is the northern to inspire you, cutting-edge cuisine to impress you, Francisco, your campsite is located just 15 miles that housed 10,000 internees during WW2. If it’s chowder. www.portobodega.com Spend a couple of days here exploring this iconic Resort and Marina is a 110-acre resort at the gateway to the Redwood National Park. Offshore, history to enrich you and surprises to put a smile on ✪ ★ from the city and you can take the bus and BART the right time of year you may also want to take entrance to the Back Bay Nature Preserve, its your face. Venture out in any direction and you’ll National Park. 135 miles to Yosemite Visit ­Day 4 > It’s time to head north on Highway 101 see the oldest Pacific Coast working lighthouse in from near the campground into the city to explore. our little side trip into Death Valley and on to Lake home to the premier RV Park and Marina in see why they say “California begins here.” California’s Bridal Veil and Yosemite Falls and, if you can, take through meandering rolling hills and a diverse Crescent City. ✪ 180 miles to Redwoods RV Park ✪ 230 miles to San Francisco ★ Visit the Henry Havasu, see page 22. Southern California. Enjoy the mile of beach Capital is great value for visitors with lots to do for the 2.5 mile hike to Inspiration Point. landscape rich in agricultural heritage. Along the ★ See one of the world’s tallest trees in Rockefeller Cowell Redwoods State Park where many of these www.bouldercreekrvresort.com front with swimming and a playground on little or no cost like free tours of the California State www.yosemiteridge.com way, visit some of Sonoma County’s best wineries Forest. www.redwoodsrv.com/ massive trees have stood for over a thousand the beach for the kids. Rent a sailboat, Capitol building or sightseeing in historic Old Day 8 > Continue south on 395 through the Sierra along the river banks in the Russian River Valley and Days 14 > The drive today is approx 158 miles so we years. www.sanfranciscorvresort.com electric boat or tour the Back Bay by . Days 6/7 > Travelling from Eureka east on Hwy. 299 is Sacramento, and as Americas Farm-to-Fork Capital, Nevada and then to the flatter lands of the Mojave sample an array of exceptional wines. Hike the suggest you book the Early Bird Departure special, ✪ 90 miles to Newport Beach ★ Check the Newport Dunes the start of the Trinity River Scenic Byway, which you can be sure of some amazing cafes, bars and Day 5/6 > Head east now toward Yosemite. It’s one Desert. It’s a gentle three hour drive. Overnight is in nature trail in Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve allowing you to return the RV up to 3pm so that you events calendar for your visit as there is offers some of the most diverse scenery of any drive restaurants. ✪ 110 miles to Sacramento ★ Stop at of the most famous of all National Parks and no visit the town of Barstow , a crossroads town that once near Guerneville. North of picturesque Jenner-by- have plenty of time to enjoy this great drive, across always something happening at Newport Beach in far Northern California. Admire Weaverville’s the Dive Bar to see a real mermaid while enjoying to California is complete without experiencing saw The Old Spanish Trail and Route 66 pass this the-Sea stands Fort Ross State Historic Park, and California’s central valley before returning back to from the oldest International Yacht Race in the historic sites, and catch insights into pioneer life at unique, locally brewed beers. Yosemite’s magnificent scenery. It is not a long way. Most visitors now are here for the two outlet farther north on the coast is Kruse Rhododendron the Cruise America depot in San Francisco. world, the critically acclaimed Film Festival, Jazz the Jake Jackson Museum. Stop by Whiskey town www.calexpo.com/cal-expo-rv-park State Reserve. Continuing north on scenic Highway Festival, Wine Festival and the list goes on. to enjoy free or 1 will lead you to explore numerous parks, beaches www.newportdunes.com and coastal villages. Just north of the park a must hiking to one of the many beautiful falls in the area. In Mt. Shasta you will find numerous places to hike Day 12 > After breakfast it is just a short 30 mile and swim, or drive along Everitt Memorial Highway drive which will bring you back to the Cruise to capture breath taking views of majestic Mount America depot in Los Angeles. Shasta, 14,179 feet, the second highest peak in the Cascades. ✪ 210 miles to Mount Shasta KOA ★ On Interstate 5, marvel at the castle like natural stone turrets of Castle Crags State Park. https://goo.gl/vMYoXw

Sanoma County coastline Giant Redwood Yosemite NP Above: Scenic views along Route 1 Photos: Visit California Hearst Castle Yosemite NP

cruiseamerica.com 16 cruiseamerica.com 17 the three state triangle the grand canyon and las vegas tour From California to Nevada to Arizona – from man-made wonders to the natural wonders that make America what it is. This is just a short round-trip for those of you who don’t have a lot of time but during your stay in Las Vegas, want to This isn’t a long tour, less than 1500 miles, and we know you will want to stay longer at some places. You can also pick see the Grand Canyon – not by a fleeting over-fly but really “on the ground”! You may, of course, extend the trip if you up the same route starting in Las Vegas or Phoenix; or drive one-way between two of them. So a lot of choice here. wish and stay longer to explore some more of the magnificent National Parks in the area like Zion and Bryce. Williams Aircraft Museum

NEVADA Grand Canyon NP LAS VEGAS Navajo Motorhome Itinerary Death LAS VEGAS Motorhome Itinerary Grand Canyon Valley NP (Start) Indian Trailer Village National Park Reservation Day 1 > Collect your motorhome from Cruise RV Park Day 1 > Collect your motorhome in Las Vegas and Hualapai Grand Canyon Hoover Indian Camper Village America’s Los Angeles station and head 132 miles make your way directly to Blake Ranch for your first NEVADA Lake Mead National Reservation C ALIFORNIA Dam Recreation Area to Barstow to overnight. This is a pleasant Mojave night. You will cross into Arizona at the Hoover Dam National WILLIAMS campground in a crossroads town that once saw BARSTOW Preserve KINGMAN but we suggest you stop and visit here on your The Grand Canyon The Old Spanish Trail and Route 66 pass this way. return journey. It is possible that you will have a Railway RV Park Most visitors now are here for the two outlet malls ARIZONA Homeland Security check as you pass through this Joshua Tree Seligman/ and their one hundred stores. ✪ 130 miles to NP BLYTHE area – nothing scary but there’s a few million KINGMAN Route 66 KOA Coconino Riviera Eagleview Blake Ranch RV Park ★ RV Resort National Barstow Take the shuttle from KOA to the silver RV Resort gallons of Colorado River behind that dam. and Forest LOS 5/6 ✪ Fort Beale RV Park Prescott SEDONA mining ghost town of Calico. ANGELES PALM DESERT 115 miles to Kingman via Hoover Dam National ARIZONA Rancho Sedona (Start) Emerald Desert Forest RV Park www.koa.com/campgrounds/barstow/ RV Resort PHOENIX ★ Visit the old silver mining town of Chloride. Paci c Ocean www.blakeranchrv.com Day 2 > Again, a freeway drive of about two hours, Campland Resort SAN DIEGO skirting the Mojave Desert, that will bring you to MEXICO Day 2 > You’re headed for Williams and The Grand Journey Details Las Vegas. We believe we have found the nicest Canyon Railway RV park which adjoins their railway Las Vegas Photo: Visit Las Vegas Montezuma Castle campground for you in this crazy fun city of neon, Journey Details depot and hotel to form a pleasant resort area. The DEPART Las Vegas megastars and casinos! Spend the day wandering Day 4 > The longest remaining stretch of Route 66 Day 7 > Unashamedly, a stop ‘halfway between hotel’s indoor pool and Jacuzzi, as well as the bar Sunset at Mather Point, Grand Canyon Photo: Scott Johnson Photography, Inc. the strip and decide what show you want to see starts in Kingman and runs through to Ash Fork. You where you’ve been and where you want to go’. and restaurant, are available to RV guests too. DURATION 8 days DEPART Los Angeles, Phoenix, tonight. Tickets are normally available and there are will pass through the Hualapai Indian Reservation Blythe, alongside the Colorado River, makes its ✪ 100 miles to Grand Canyon Railway Canyon Camper Village San Diego or Las Vegas DISTANCE 710 miles several Cirque du Soleil performances going on in at Peach Springs and tantalizingly living looking after tourists who are just passing ★ Visit Planes of Fame, the Williams aircraft ★ Visit the Canyons rim various hotels – any one is a fabulous choice. close to the Grand Canyon but you just cannot get to through and they’ll make you more than welcome. DURATION 10 days museum, or the Flintstones’ Bedrock City. as the sun goes down ✪ 140 miles to Las Vegas ★ Visit New York, Paris, it by road from here! You’ll have got your kicks on ✪ 175 miles to Blythe ★ Visit Cibola National www.thetrain.com/lodging/rv-park but be sure to be there Gorging at the Grand Canyon Mandalay, Luxor, the Barbary Coast or the Sahara; Route 66 though and at Williams, you’ll head north Wildlife Refuge http://www.rivierarvresort.com/ DISTANCE 1,390 miles again at first light. Photo: Breann Liebermann nicest campground in Las Vegas for your final night. they’re all on The Strip. to the Grand Canyon and the Trailer Village RV Park Day 3 > The highlight of this little tour will be when https://goo.gl/ej1ds7 ✪ 100 miles to Las Vegas ★ Visit Lake Mead Day 8 > Do stop off at Joshua Tree National Park www.oasislasvegasrvresort.com (the only one at the Grand Canyon with you stand at the rim of this magnificent National National Recreation Area. Nearly 2,500 square and possibly the Salton Sea State Recreation Area Day 4 > Continue on travels sixty miles underground from the Canyon full hook-ups). ✪ 150 miles to Grand Canyon Park. No photograph, painting or film begins to miles of both Nevada and Arizona and 550 miles on your way to Palm Springs, or we should say next I-40 to Flagstaff and itself. www.fortbealervpark.com ­Day 3 > You will cross into Arizona today via the ★ Visit the Canyon’s rim as the sun goes down capture it: you just have to carry the memory away of stunning shoreline. door neighbor Palm Desert. This is a ‘desert drive’ then go south on I-17 Hoover Dam. There is so much to see and explore in but be sure to be there again at first light. with you. We recommend the Mather campground www.oasislasvegasrvresort.com this amazing man-made structure that channels the https://www.visitgrandcanyon.com/trailer-village-rv-park but it’s an interesting one to your destination on which has showers and toilets though no electrical toward the Coconino National Forest until you turn Day 7 > This is the time to spend a while at the Hoover Dam. There is so much to see and admire in mighty Colorado River through turbines at eighty Frank Sinatra Drive. Emerald Desert is a resort in hook-ups. Do take an unforgettable helicopter trip off for Sedona and your home for tonight, Rancho Day 8 > Drive just 10 Miles to drop off your this amazing man-made structure that channels five miles an hour and so create power for much of Days 5/6 > During just over four hours driving itself and boasts a 9 hole golf course if anyone over or into the Canyon. ✪ 55 miles to the Grand Sedona. It’s walking distance from the town’s motorhome at the Las Vegas depot. three states. Visit the Museum and see how it was south on InterState 17 you will see the landscape needs to slip away for a couple of hours! restaurants, shops and galleries and in the heart of the mighty Colorado River through turbines at constructed – a colossal and costly feat of man’s change from the lushness in the north with its pines ✪ 155 miles to Palm Desert ★ Visit more of Palm stunning red rock formations. ✪ 110 miles to eighty five miles an hour to create power for much ingenuity. Then to Kingman, gateway to Historic and aspens, to the desert of the south with its giant Springs and spot the celebrities. Many from the Sedona ★ Visit Oak Creek Canyon; sometimes of three states. We think we have found you the Route 66. ✪ 120 miles to Kingman ★ Visit the cacti and sagebrush. It is a fascinating drive for that movie and music world live here for its benign described as the Grand Canyon’s little cousin. The Hoover Dam Powerhouse Visitors’ Center for a map of the reason alone but as you come through the desert climate www.emeralddesert.com Photo: Las Vegas News Bureau/LVCVA www.ranchosedona.com Kingman walking tour. www.blakeranchrv.com Coconino Forest, Sedona is an ideal place to break your journey. Your campground is located on the Day 9 > And now to the Pacific Ocean and the couple of hours. Campland on the Bay is one of our Day 5 > Today you are going to loop round through eastern edge of Scottsdale, where the Four Peaks beach. You can head south from your campground firm favourites. ✪ 140 Interstate miles to Prescott National Forest, and back up to Seligman. rise from the desert floor. ✪ 270 miles to Phoenix and take a country drive through Pinion Flats, the Campland Resort ★ Visit the world famous Its about a four hour drive and, along the way, the ★ Visit Montezuma Castle. One of the best edge of the San Bernardino National Forest and Palomar Observatory. www.campland.com museums of western art and Indian artifacts in preserved cliff dwellings in North America through the Cleveland Forest to join up with the Prescott are worth a visit as is Sharlot Hall, the first standing five storeys high and with twenty rooms. Interstate into San Diego. Or you can take the Day 10 > Allow a “good” two hours to get back to territorial governor’s mansion. Just past Ash Fork, Interstate all the way and be at the beach in a Cruise America, especially if driving in rush hour. you will re-join Route 66 and it’s only a short way www.eagleviewrvresort.com Hoover Dam intake towers Cathedral Rock at Oak Creek 110 miles to Cruise America along to your KOA Campground. to drop off your motorhome. ✪ 130 miles to Seligman and the start of Historic Route 66 ★ Visit the picturesque mining town of Jerome. www.koa.com/campgrounds/seligman

Photo: Breann Liebermann Day 6 > There’s not much of Route 66 left “from ”Just off to the shops, mum” Chicago to LA” but one of the longest sections remaining will take you on the scenic drive through Peach Springs , on the edge of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, to Kingman. Your headed for the Fort Beale RV Park. ✪ 90 miles to Kingman ★ Visit Grand Canyon Caverns, so named because the air Sand dunes at Death Valley Photo: Visit California Rock formations in Joshua Tree National Park Joshua Tree Photo: Peter Hodgetts Delgadillo’s Snow Cap Drive-In, Route 66 Photo: ©Julian Smith Sailing on Lake Mead, Boulder Basin

cruiseamerica.com 18 cruiseamerica.com 19 attractions of the west This is the ultimate tour of the West! Enjoy Southern California beaches, iconic National Parks including Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Zion & Bryce as well as the 3 major cities Los Angeles, San Francisco & Las Vegas, if you have the time and haven’t seen the west then this trip showcases it all!

winding, easterly route 198 to Sequoia (Si-koy-a) Motorhome Itinerary National Forest, home to some of the world’s largest Petaluma KOA Mount Blue 2/3 State Park Day 1 > Pick up your motorhome from Cruise America trees, and to one of the oldest cities in California, San Francisco NEVADA VERMONT Yosemite NP Visalia. ✪ 140 miles to Visalia/Fresno KOA Bar in Los Angeles. Once you have your motorhome, UTAH Beech Hill M AINE Harbor Campground get yourself on to Route 101 and head north – you ★ Take time to enjoy Sequoia and maybe climb 4/5 Yosemite RV Resort KOA Monterey Cannonville/ NEW Y ORK Moro Rock for commanding views of the great St. George/ Bryce Valley KOA are on your way to stay at Santa Margarita Lake Carmel Visalia /Fresno South KOA Hurricane NEW KOA, just under four hours away. They call the area western divide. Explore the giant forest of trees Sequoia NP KOA White River Valley HAMPSHIRE Santa Circus Circus Campground and witness the grandeur of General Sherman the Death Valley NP Campground ZionGlendale NP KOA SALISBURY BEACH around Santa Barbara “America’s Riviera” so their Margarita Bryce Canyon NP Beach Rose RV Park Lake KOA biggest tree on earth! Grand Canyon GARDINER MASSACHUSETTS beaches & restaurants might make it a natural break 7/8 Lazy River PLYMOUTH Las Vegas National Park on the way. ✪ 240 miles to Santa Margarita ★ Visit https://koa.com/campgrounds/visalia/ Campground ARLINGTON Pinewood Lodge Santa Barbara Camping on the Campground Battenkill Chumash Painted Cave to see some of the very 15 Mojave RI Day 7/8 > Heading for Las Vegas – and a two night Los Angeles NP Scusset Beach Hearst castle Hoover Dam 14 11 Flagsta KOA CONNETICUT elaborate and colourful rock paintings that have Barstow 12 /13 KOA Kingman State Reservation stay at the Circus Circus Campground. It is almost a KOA Williams survived for five hundred to a thousand years. totally different to the others, and with its KOA seven hour drive, mainly freeway, but worth it to CALIFORNIA NEW PRESTON www.koa.com/campgrounds/santa-margarita/ JERSEY Hidden Acres unmissable sights, it is a great place to spend a day. ARIZONA get to the ‘fun capital’! NB: If you are travelling NEW YORK Campground Giant amphitheatres bristling with pink rock (Start) between September and June and can extend your Day 2/3 > Ready to get going towards San pinnacles that seem to glow at sunrise and sunset Lake Powell Desert cactus journey, a route through Death Valley is really Francisco today? Please, be sure to stop at that well- are the background to hundreds of back roads, Day 4/5 > An early start is recommended today for worthwhile, otherwise it will be a really long day. If Journey Details known ‘Folly’, Hearst Castle, as you drive through San hiking and biking trails and guided horseback rides. the drive across California to the town of you do extend your trip enjoy a night at Furnace Simeon – 65 miles into your journey. Take time to ✪ 140 miles ★ If you missed the horse ride trail in DEPART Los Angeles, San Francisco Coarsegold and the Yosemite RV Resort, the Creek campground. The RV park next to Circus Maverick Helicopter Tours over the Grand Canyon enjoy amazing coastal scenery through the Big Sur Zion then definitely try and do it in Bryce! Death or Las Vegas and Pebble Beach; with maybe a stop at Carmel & gateway to the first National Park of this trip – Circus is right on the Las Vegas Strip! ✪ 260 miles Day 14 > On the homeward road today but there is Valley NP www.koa.com/campgrounds/cannonville/ Monterey (if time permits add another night to Yosemite (Yoss-em-i-tee). Watch for the views across ★ Spend the day wandering the Strip and then no need to rush away from Williams – so do spend DURATION 16 days enjoy this amazing area). Then cross the famous San Pablo Bay as you leave San Francisco. Stay at enjoy one of the many world class acts or shows Day 11 > Leave around 8am and arrive at Flagstaff the morning enjoying some of those activities they Yosemite RV Resort for two nights. Your like Cirque du Soleil – any one is a fabulous DISTANCE 2,360 miles Golden Gate Bridge. You are heading for the KOA in Arizona by 6pm – and this includes the time Taking a motorboat trip on Lake Powell provide. The drive is 125 miles today – 82 of them Petaluma KOA, 34 miles north of that famous icon. campground is at the edge of the Park and you will choice. If time permits a visit to the Fremont for a three or four hour trip on Lake Powell. This is a on State Road 66, better known as the world- for going to the Grand Canyon. Take the hour’s drive A petting farm with cattle, sheep, donkeys, goats enjoy a drive of just under an hour to the Park itself. Street experience is a must with free live fabulous man-made lake on the Colorado River. If famous ‘Route 66’ – where we hope you’ll get some ✪ 230 miles to Yosemite RV Resort ★ Spend the entertainment and the amazing light show! so you have all the home comforts; join KOA’s van and peacocks enhances the ranch atmosphere at time permits extend your trip and stay overnight to kicks!! Head for Kingman KOA and unwind in the Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite NP tour or arrive by rail on the Grand Canyon Railway. Photo: Lawrence Foster this campground, as well as the option to take day exploring the fascinating scenery including a https://goo.gl/4LRExc include a trip to Antelope Canyon – a photographers huge pool, high in the desert surrounded by the Your KOA hosts will help with reservations and taxi guided tours of San Francisco, which depart daily visit to Bridal Veil, Yosemite Falls and, if you can dream! ✪ 285 miles ★ We suggest you rent a Hualapai (Hu-al-a-pie) Mountains. Nearby you can Day 9 >The third National Park of this tour is to the railway. At the campground you can enjoy May through October. Enjoy a second night at the 2.5 mile hike to Inspiration Point then return speedboat and take it to the famous Rainbow see traces of the pioneer wagon ruts that still mark ✪ 340 miles ★ Mojave National Preserve is the coming up today – it is in Utah and just three hours live Western music, hayrides, fun-bike rentals, mini- Petaluma KOA. ✪ 250 miles to San Francisco KOA to Yosemite KOA for your second night. Bridge National Monument, alternatively you can the Fort Beale Wagon Trail. ✪ 125 miles ★ A visit to penultimate stop today, a desert solitude in from Las Vegas. Like Yosemite and Sequoia, but very golf and horseback riding. ✪ 45 miles ★ If you get Petaluma ★ Visit Hearst Castle and stop at Carmel http://rvcoutdoors.com/yosemite-rv-resort/ book a guided boat tour from Lake Powell Resort the Route 66 Museum in Kingman is a must. Southern California, singing sand dunes, volcanic different, Zion National Park is spectacular. West of the chance book and take a helicopter tour of the & Monterey. Take some pictures of the iconic hotel. www.koa.com/campgrounds/flagstaff/ www.koa.com/campgrounds/kingman/ cinder cones, Joshua tree forests, and carpets of Day 6 > It will be quite a long day so an early start Zion is your overnight stop, the St.George/ Golden Gate Bridge and enjoy the Slolife of laid Grand Canyon (definitely not to be missed!) or wildflowers are all found at this 1.6 million acre is recommended. The driving will hopefully be Hurricane KOA, set right in the middle of the natural back southern California. Day 12/13 > After your overnight, 7,000 feet above maybe a jeep or rafting tour! Day 15 > The next to last day is a long one but with park. A visit to its canyons, mountains and mesas leisurely as you drive once more through Yosemite wonders of Utah. ✪ 150 miles ★ If you get a chance www.koa.com/campgrounds/san-francisco sea level, you will probably want to ride the nearby www.koa.com/campgrounds/grand-canyon/ three stops. Heading west, the first stop is another will reveal long-abandoned mines, homesteads, National Park before taking the southerly route a hike up to Angels Landing is very worthwhile, Skyride up to 11,500 feet for an overview of the icon of the Colorado River – the world-famous and rock-walled military outposts. through the Sierra National Forest to the town of another great way to tour Zion is on horseback Grand Canyon, Coconino (Cocoa-nee-no) National Hoover Dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada. www.koa.com/campgrounds/barstow/ The Skywalk, Grand Canyon Fresno and maybe an hour for lunch. Then take the with Canyon Trail Rides, this may well be the Forest and Flagstaff itself. There are hiking trails Stop a while and stare at this man-made wonder highlight of your trip, rides last 1 or 3 hours! from the campsite or go south and visit Walnut before heading into Boulder City, then go south Day 16 > A 3.5 hour drive back to Carson and www.koa.com/campgrounds/st-george/ Canyon and its ancient cliff dwellings carved in the and skirt the Providence Mountains before Cruise America this morning. walls. Head west now, just 45 miles, to Williams diverting to the Mojave National Preserve. Day 10 > Today it’s a 140 mile trip to Cannonville/ KOA, the gateway to the Grand Canyon, where you Bryce Valley KOA, located about 15 miles from the are booked for two nights! You have three choices entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park. This Park is

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cruiseamerica.com 20 cruiseamerica.com 21 death valley and lake havasu add-on phoenix to las vegas We are seeing this little loop as an ‘add-on’ to your major itinerary. It’s shown as starting and finishing in Las Vegas though, This is a short one-way trip from Phoenix to Las Vegas before two nights of fun in the capital of entertainment. of course, this short tour can be just as easily added to a rental from Los Angeles or any other Cruise America rental location It is designed for those who have little time but want to see something of the natural wonders of the US’s most famous in the West. Death Valley is the lowest area in North America, this is the National Park that has to be seen. National Parks. If you want to extend the trip to stay longer in some places, feel free…

­Day 3 > The interstate take time to enjoy a dip at Slide or Oak Creek Motorhome Itinerary Bryce Canyon NP across the Mojave Desert Furnace Creek Motorhome Itinerary www.mundsparkrv.com Ruby’s Inn LAS VEGAS Zion NP Campground soon soaks up the miles Lake Ontario Day 1 > Furnace Creek is the base from which to (Start) Day 1 > Spend a night or 2 in Mesa before MESQUITE Desert Skies Lake Powell and soon you’ll be on NEW YORK Day 3 > The highlight of the next part of this tour explore Death Valley. You can stay at the National collecting your motorhome from Cruise America. Resort Zion River Lake Erie Wahweap the scenic shoreline of Death Valley NP Watkins Glen will be when you stand at the rim of this magnificent Resort RV Park Park Campground there or at the adjacent Furnace Located in the SonoranState Desert, Park Mesa is surrounded LAS VEGAS Lake Havasu State Park. NEVADA Lake Mead National Erie KOA JERSEY CITY National Park. No photograph, painting or film Creek Inn which also has a restaurant, shopping and Recreation Area by a rich, vibrant and verdant playgroundLiberty Harbor forLONG (Finish) The focal point of this RV Park ISLAND begins to capture it: you just have to carry the Mather America’s lowest golf course. Take the opportunity sought-after outdoor recreation. Immerse yourselfHither Hills Campground popular leisure resort is State Park memory away with you. We like the Mather 8/9 to explore in the direction of Stovepipe Wells as CALIFORNIA KINGMAN into the legendary landscape – a region full of Oasis Las Vegas Blake Ranch NEWARK Campground for its peace and quiet and natural you’ll be headed in the opposite direction old London Bridge intrigue and awe, from hiking mountain tops to Resort The ghost town of Calico Mojave National NEW YORK ✪ ✪ which was moved stone Preserve PHILADELPHIA surroundings. 140 miles to South Rim of the FLAGSTAFF tomorrow. 130 miles to Furnace Creek from kayaking along calm riversTimberlane and canyon-carved SEDONA Munds Park ARIZONA ★ ★ by numbered stone from its original location Campground Grand Canyon Be on the rim for the mesmerising Lo Lo Mai Springs Cruise America Las Vegas Visit Red Rock Canyon lakes, nearly every outdoor pursuitNJ can be Outdoor Resort Barstow Private Cove MARYLAND spanning the Thames in the late 1960s. ✪ 240 miles Calico KOA ATLANTIC CITY colour changes of sunrise and do try to take a Maverick Helicopter Tour over the Hoover Dam shortly after leaving Las Vegas and Zabriskie Point RV Resort experienced here. Book the EBDS soBlueberry you Hillcan RV Parmakek a to Lake Havasu ★ Visit London Bridge. It was Mojave Desert helicopter flight over the Canyon. It’s life changing! just before arriving at your campground. Day 5 > Since the Lake Havasu nice early startVIRGINI asA Mesa is a culinary gateway with State Park Atlantic Ocean www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/cg-sr.htm www.furnacecreekresort.com literally “falling down” but now happy in Blake Ranch is so the region’s neighbouring farms providing a retirement. www.piratecoveresort.com close to the Grand continuous bounty of seasonal goods for visitors. ­Day 4 > Today head East through more of Grand MESA (Start) Day 2 > A bit of a backhaul for those who came in ✪ Canyon, many renters 120 miles to Cornville ★ The agritourism Canyon National Park and through the Kaibab from Los Angeles but you’re headed towards Day 4 > Rejoin Interstate 40 north of Havasu and PHOENIX will be heading in experiences on the Fresh Foodie Trail are one-of- National Forest to Cameron, where you will go Barstow today. It looks a long way round on a map make for the Blake Ranch east of Kingman. As it’s that direction. For Journey Details a-kind so be sure to check out the Visit Mesa north on Hwy 89 to the City of Page and fabulous but, Providence Mountains and the Devil’s only a 90 minute drive, we suggest you come off on those returning to website www.visitmesa.com/cruiseamerica (this Lake Powell on the Colorado River. The drive is just Journey Details Playground lie between Death Valley and Lake Route 66 (towards Kingman Airport) and follow one DEPART Las Vegas or Phoenix Las Vegas, there will includes special offers for Cruise America renters) under 3 hours. Try and leave early so you can enjoy Havasu and there are no roads across. ✪ 170 miles of the last remaining parts of this iconic road DEPART Phoenix or Las Vegas be time to visit and go and explore. At the same time stock up on something of the Lake Powell adventures! Taking a to Barstow ★ Visit Badwater Basin, the lowest through to Seligman or even Ash Fork, before DURATION 5 days Chloride on the way back to Las Vegas to return some fresh local seasonal provisions to tide you speedboat to Rainbow Bridge is our favourite. point in the US (only 140 miles from the peak of returning on Interstate 40 to Blake Ranch (exit 66). DURATION 10 days your motorhome. It’s an old silver mining town DISTANCE 715 miles over for the next few days. http://lolomai.com/ Wahweap is right on the Lake. ✪ 145 miles to Lake Mt. Whitney; the highest). Take the shuttle from ✪ 85 miles to Kingman ★ Visit Grand Canyon that the few remaining citizens will not let die. Powell ★ Rent a speedboat and make for Rainbow DISTANCE 1,010 miles KOA to the silver mining ghost town of Calico. Caverns on Route 66 near Peach Springs. 120 miles to Las Vegas. Bridge. Stay another night or a bit longer and also www.koa.com/campgrounds/barstow www.blakeranchrv.com visit Antelope Canyon - a photographers dream! N.B. Vehicles are allowed to operate in Death Valley, Las Vegas Strip at night Photo: Visit Las Vegas https://goo.gl/4vw8j8 however, extreme caution must be observed. Clients ✪ 100 miles to Zion River Resort ★ There is so much ­Day 8/9 > If you wish, you can take Interstate 15 visit these areas at their own risk. During certain Day 5 > Continue on scenic Highway 89 for almost to see, do and enjoy in Zion from hiking the right into Las Vegas. However, we prefer the more periods these areas are not habitable and could 130 miles then turn right on 12 for Bryce Canyon, narrows or taking the trail to Angels landing or leisurely route through the spectacular Lake Mead pose a danger to the driver and passengers. and Ruby’s Inn Campground. On your journey you maybe just enjoying the breath taking scenery on Recreation Area. Continue on Lake Shore Drive; stop will drive through the Dixie National Forest. a mule ride! Complete your day with a visit to the off at Boulder Beach; then to the amazing Hoover It will take about 2 1/2 hours to get to Bryce Canyon Zion Canyon Theatre. www.zionriverresort.com Dam – certainly a most amazing man-made wonder. so set off early to enjoy this very different National Then you can either head to the fabulous Oasis Park with its strange columns and pinnacles of rock. Day 7 > Because you will probably want to spend Resort Campground or you may prefer to return Superstition Mountain Photo: Visit Mesa ✪ 145 miles to Ruby’s Inn, Bryce Canyon ★ Visit more time in Zion National Park this morning, we your Motorhome and check in to one of the many Day 2 > Enjoy some time in the glorious landscape the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument are taking just a short drive to Mesquite to amazing opulent or themed hotels on the strip! begins near Ruby’s Inn and is a very unique region overnight on our way to Las Vegas. Also, we want ✪ 120 Miles to Las Vegas ★ Visit the Valley of Fire Furnace Creek Inn Photo: Furnace Creek Resort Pirate Cove RV Resort that is Sedona, maybe take a pink jeep tour, enjoy Havasu Creek, Grand Canyon Photo: Arizona Tourism some time in the water at Slide Creek State Park or of canyons, arches, plateaus and cliffs you to be able to enjoy a pleasant and interesting State Park on the way to the Hoover Dam just enjoy swimming, wading or fishing at Oak www.brycecanyoncampgrounds.com drive to the city which could not be accomplished www.oasislasvegasrvresort.com Creek by the campground. Then it is just a short in one day. Take a look at the Desert Skies Resort Day 10 > Only 15 miles to Cruise America drive to Flagstaff, the ‘gateway’ to the Grand Day 6 > Travel south on Hwy 89 heading for Zion website; we know you’ll enjoy your overnight stay. ✪ ★ Las Vegas to drop off your motorhome. Canyon. ✪ Drive 45 miles to Munds Park, Flagstaff National Park. Zion is different again, more lush, but 180 miles to Mesquite Visit the ★ Explore Sedona in the Red Rock Country and spectacular too. You will want to stop and linger. St. George area; a historical gold mine full of Just 14 miles further on, Zion River Resort is ideally pioneer homes, fascinating ghost towns, and located for easy access to what truly is one of the prehistoric dinosaur footprints nation’s most beautiful parks so you may want to www.desertskiesresorts.com base yourself here for more than one night.

Seligman, Route 66

Badwater Basin, Death Valley

cruiseamerica.com 22 cruiseamerica.com 23 arizona and new mexico with the grand canyon cowboy country We know you won’t come to Arizona and miss the Grand Canyon but we thought we’d take A very memorable combination of Yellowstone and three more spectacular National Parks; and several more you on a whistle stop tour of New Mexico and southern Arizona as well. Covering a minimum world famous icons; Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane and the Deadwood Stage; Old Faithful, geysers and massive of 7 nights, we know you will want to stay longer in several of these locations. waterfalls and Indians, cowboys and other men from Laramie. Oh, and the colossal Rocky Mountains too!

(1880 is historic in the USA!) just before you cross Motorhome Itinerary Grand Canyon National Park Motorhome Itinerary CODY BILLINGS the state line into New Mexico. Look out for the Ponderosa Mather Campground Day 1 > Pick up your motorhome from Cruise high peaks of Mt Graham (10,717ft), Doscabezas Day 1 > Collect your motorhome and make for Campground MONTANA ALBUQUERQUE TA Yellowstone KOA Range (8,363 ft) and the Chiricahua Mountains American RV Park KO America in Phoenix and zip straight down Interstate Flagsta KOA Cheyenne, Wyoming – the capital city and gateway NP (9,796 ft) You are headed for Las Cruces and 5/6 DA 10 to Tucson where you can expect more than 300 to Cowboy Country. Try to be there for Frontier Days 7/8 Hacienda RV Resort, within walking distance of Dead Horse Grant Village days of sunshine every year! Mild spring, fall, and Ranch (www.cfdrodeo.com), though you must book well in Grand Campground historic Old Mesilla (Billy the Kid’s hangout), and all State Park Tetons Mount Rushmore KOA SOUTH winter temperatures are legendary. While summer advance as the event attracts visitors from very far NP does heat up, Tucson’s combination of low humidity the special shops and fine restaurants it provides – afield. ✪ 110 miles to Cheyenne, Wyoming ★ Visit Colter Bay Wind Cave National Park Village WYOMING maybe a night to eat out! ✪ 230 Miles to Las Cruces ARIZONA NEW MEXICO and medium altitude makes higher temperatures Mesa the Capitol Building and the State Museum. LANDER 10 ★ Visit the Steins-Railroad Ghost Town and Billy PHOENIX Sleeping Bear feel more comfortable. Whispering Palms RV is the www.campcheyenne.com RV Park LARAMIE the Kid’s Shakespeare. www.haciendarv.com (Start) Wyoming A place to stay; small and close to downtown. Territorial ✪ 100 miles to Tucson ★ Visit the iconic Mission Day 2 > A long drive across featureless, Park Day 4 > This morning you are only minutes to 11 TUCSON tumbleweed strewn country. But have faith, it really NEBRASK San Xavier del Bac and don’t miss Old Tucson or Whispering Palms downtown Las Cruces, the second largest city in RV Park LAS CRUCES is worth it once you cross into South Dakota. Our CHEYENNE the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. FORT COLLINS New Mexico, offering theatres, museums, BENSON Hacienda 12 http://whisperingpalmsrvpark.com/ Butter eld RV Resort RV Resort recommended campground has no hookups, Lakeside Campground wonderful dining, and gracious Southwest MEXICO showers or amenities but deer and buffalo roam to COLOR ADO hospitality. Do check the website for great local Day 2 > You will certainly want to spend some time The balloon festival, Albuqerque the fence. Coyotes howl but otherwise the silence is DENVER in Tucson so we haven’t given you much further to information and visit before you start your four deafening and the stars are never brighter. There Shoshone Falls Horse riding in Grand Teton Photo: Wyoming Tourism Start Day 7 > You may enjoy visiting the home of the Journey Details drive today. But there is a reason why we are staying hour drive.The major city of New are other full facility campgrounds to choose from if Day 5/6 > This sounds like a long drive but it is September ★ Visit the Grand Canyon of Grand Canyon Railroad in Williams before heading at Benson: it is so close to Tombstone and the OK Mexico is your destination today DEPART Phoenix or Albuquerque you prefer. ✪ 270 miles to Wind Cave National Park mostly on the Interstate so you should be at the Yellowstone with its twin falls, one twice the south. You will definitely want to stop in Sedona on Journey Details Corral. You will want to visit either today or and on the way we’re sure you ★ Visit the Mammoth Site and Evans Plunge pool Buffalo Bill Historical Society in Cody shortly after height of Niagara, the Fountain Paintpot and your way to the interestingly named Dead Horse tomorrow. So less than an hour’s drive to Butterfield will want to stop at ‘Truth or DURATION 8 days in Hot Springs. https://goo.gl/Xsz6dY lunch. It may sound boring – but please don’t miss many more geothermal pools and geysers. National Park in Cottonwood – and there is a DEPART Denver or Billings RV Resort in the San Pedro Valley surrounded by four Consequence’ to find out why it! You are at the gateway to Yellowstone National https://goo.gl/WHRjXL story behind the name. There are over 100 DISTANCE 1,300 miles distinct and separate mountain ranges. ✪ 50 miles its name was changed from Day 3 > Everyone knows of Mount Rushmore, one Park. ✪ 315 miles to Cody ★ Visit the Medicine DURATION 13 days large RV sites available on a first-come, first- to Benson ★ Visit Tombstone and see where Wyatt ‘Hot Springs’. Be sure to visit of America’s icons. Fewer know the Crazy Horse Wheel off the more scenic Alt14 on the way to Day 9 > 22 miles further on brings you out of the served basis and they advise calling a couple of Earp and the other ‘good guys’ won the Gunfight the historic bath house district. Memorial, a giant mountain carving of the famous Cody. Once there, don’t miss the Remingtons and South Entrance of YNP and into Grand Teton DISTANCE 1,505 miles days ahead to secure a site. If you are unlucky, at the OK Corral. www.rv-resort.com Then head on to American RV Indian Chief. Please don’t miss visiting either of Russells in the Whitney Gallery of Western Art. National Park. You only have to look at the Colter there are ten or more campgrounds in the Park, the highest rated in the them! ✪ 40 miles to Mount Rushmore KOA (via www.codyponderosa.com Bay website to see the majesty of the Grand Teton ­Day 3 > A longer drive today, but as on Interstate State. If travelling during the Sedona area which can be prebooked. Custer State Park) ★ Visit dramatic Badlands Mountains. Open June to Sept , this is not a cheap ✪ Day 12 > For your last night on tour, you’ll be 10 still a little over three hours. So time for first half of October, book WELL 155 miles to Dead Horse Ranch National National Park and, time-permitting, the site of the Day 7/8 > A stunning drive through Shoshone campground; but the location makes it worth it. ★ staying in Fort Collins: the town that Money Tombstone first if you didn’t get there yesterday. in advance as it’s the hot air Park Visit Oak Creek Canyon before you massacre at Wounded Knee. Canyon to the eastern entrance to Yellowstone ✪ 40 miles to Colter Bay Village in Jackson Lake Magazine once designated as the best place in the En Route you may want to stop at historic Bowie balloon festival in Albuquerque. Above: Remains of the reach Cottonwood. www.mountrushmorekoa.com National Park. It’s then a gentle forty miles to Grant ★ Visit the Flagg Ranch Resort, between Petrified Forest United States to live. Located in the foothills of the ✪ 235 miles to Albuquerque www.azstateparks.com/Parks/DEHO/index.html Village and your campground. Expect occasional Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Photo: Larry D Fellows Colorado Rocky Mountains this is somewhere to ★ Visit Socorro for the Old San Day 4 > “The Deadwood Stage was comin’ on over traffic jams. That’s when the folk ahead stop to view www.gtlc.com/rv/colter-bay-rv-park Day 8 > 125 miles to return your motorhome to relax after all the spectacular sites and sights of the Miguel Mission dominated by the massive South the hill” probably carrying Wild Bill Hickok and the wildlife. It could be a moose with its young, a Cruise America in Mesa. last few days. ✪ 75 miles to Fort Collins Lakeside Baldy mountain. www.americanrvpark.com Calamity Jane! Don’t miss it; and enjoy a pint at the bear or a group of deer. People just stop and look at Day 10 > Drive away from the Grand Tetons A dory in Upset Rapid, Colorado River Photo: Geoff Gourley Photography ★ Visit the Anheuser-Busch brewery to see their Old Franklin Hotel or even Kevin Costner’s bar…he interesting wildlife. Just before Grant Village, turn through the Great Divide Basin to the town of wonderful horses and sample Budweiser and Day 5 > A longish drive today but as it is all on fell in love with Deadwood when making ‘Dances right to Old Faithful – so named because this geyser Lander. On your journey you will pass through The you might enjoy visiting one of the several Interstate 40 it should take less than five hours. with Wolves”. Close encounters of a third kind? You faithfully shoots thousands of gallons of boiling Wind River Indian Reservation, home of the micro-breweries. www.fclakesidecg.com You will want to break your journey at the Petrified remember the movie? Well the location was Devils water around 150 feet into the air at predictably Shoshone and Arapahoe Indian Tribes. Forest National Park between Chambers and Tower. ✪ 120 miles to Devils Tower stopping at ✪ ✪ 140 miles to Lander ★ Visit Fort Washakie and regular intervals through the day. 100 miles to Day 13 > 60 miles to drop off your motorhome Holbrook and then continue through Cocino Deadwood along the way ★ Visit Spearfish the grave site of Sacajawea and Chief Washakie, Grant Village Campground in Yellowstone back at the Cruise America depot in Denver. National Forest to Flagstaff and the Flagstaff KOA. Canyon. It’s an easy loop from Deadwood on the National Park which is normally open from the the last Chief of the Shoshone Tribe. ✪ 310 miles to Flagstaff ★ Visit Sandia Peak and Wyatt Erp Days, way to Wyoming. www.devilstowerkoa.com Tombstone third weekend in June to the third weekend in www.sleepingbearrvpark.com the world’s longest aerial tramway. Photo: Arizona Office Mission san Xavier del Bac, Tucson Photo: Arizona Office of Tourism of Tourism Day 11 > The name Laramie conjures up pictures of https://koa.com/campgrounds/flagstaff/ Ceremonial Indian dance Photo: New Mexico Tourism Department/Mike Stauffer the wild-west doesn’t it? With good reason. In its Day 6 > We have been to and love the Mather early days, Laramie was such a rip-roaring railroad Campground at the Grand Canyon National Park town that it made good sense to build the territorial South Rim. It has no water or electric hookups but it prison here. At the Wyoming Territorial Park, you does have coin operated hot showers and toilets. can still peek into cells where desperadoes such as Nothing like waking up in the natural silence of a Butch Cassidy once did their time. ✪ 235 miles to natural campground. ✪ 95 miles to Grand Canyon Laramie ★ Visit Saratoga Hot Springs’ Hobo Pool National Park ★ Visit The Grand Canyon! Along it, on a loop off the freeway through the spectacular down in it or hovering over it. Medicine Bow National Forest. www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/cg-sr.htm www.koa.com/campgrounds/laramie

Downtown Flagstaff at night Photo: Arizona Office of Tourism Amazing views over the Grand Canyon Rodeo Photo: S Dakota Tourism Mt Rushmore Photo: South Dakota Tourism CSP Roundup Photo: South Dakota Tourism

cruiseamerica.com 24 cruiseamerica.com 25 utah’s mighty five and beyond On this tour discover the road to Mighty - The Mighty 5 beautiful and iconic National Parks in Utah - Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion where you can marvel at surreal scenery and unforgettable activities. This epic journey will also take you beyond Utah to the immense Grand Canyon, the incredibly beautiful and massive Lake Powell, the monoliths of Monument Valley and the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde. On this tour you will do it all hiking, river rafting, biking, boating, picnicking, walking, mule riding, exploring and stargazing.

Bighorn Sheep

Day 7 > This morning head into the town of Page Motorhome Itinerary and take an Antelope Canyon tour to Antelope Arches NP MOAB Day 1/2 > Collect your motorhome from Cruise Canyon the most-visited and most-photographed Thrilling canyon views with a Maverick Helicopter Tour Canyonlands UTAH 10 /11 RV Resort & Ruby’s Inn America’s Las Vegas depot. A unique experience slot canyon in the American Southwest. Then take surroundings. Every overlook offers a different Campground Campground your time as you continue your drive to Monument 12 Fruita Campground MESQUITE awaits you as you head for Zion National Park. perspective on Canyonlands’ spectacular landscape. Capitol Canyonlands NP Desert Skies Valley. ✪ 124 miles to Monument Valley ★ Visit Reef NP Resort Zion River Wahweap Massive canyon walls ascend toward a brilliant blue The Island is the easiest district to visit in a short Ruby’s Inn Resort RV Park Antelope Canyon - a photographers dream! At RV Park LAS VEGAS sky. To experience Zion, you need to walk among period of time. Moab is also a mecca for outdoor (Finish) Monument Valley leave your RV behind and book 13 Mesa Verde Lake Powell the towering cliffs, or challenge your courage in a enthusiasts and the Moab Adventure Center, offers Bryce Goulding’s RV Resort Mather Campground Campground the Deluxe Tour from Gouldings for that evening. Zion NP Canyon NP Wahweap 9 small narrow canyon. These unique sandstone cliffs the easiest way for you to reserve outdoor activities Monument 8 1/2 Lake Powell Valley Mesa The tour covers all of the famous monoliths of BLUFF MESA (Start) range in colour from cream, to pink, to red. They - how about a half-day Jetboat tour on the Colorado Zion River Verde NP Monument Valley. Photo stops are made at “The NEVADA 5/6 Cadillac could be described as sand castles crowning desert River or, for the more intrepid, a white water raft trip Resort Page Ranch FLAGSTAFF Mittens”, “John Fords’s Point”, “Three Sisters” and 14 RV Park NEW SEDONA Munds Park canyons. Zion River Resort is ideally located for easy Rainbow Bridge National Monument through the rapids. Add a half day 4WD, off road, MESQUITE MEXICO Lo Lo Mai Springs many more. The tour covers some restricted areas Desert Skies Antelope Outdoor Resort access to what truly is one of the nation’s most or film begins to capture it: you just have to carry tour to either and make a real day of it. You can RV Resort Canyon and takes you to some magnificent rock formations. Grand Canyon NP Mather beautiful parks so base yourself here for more than the memory away with you. We like the Mather relax afterwards on an evening Dinner Cruise or the Campground ARIZONA http://www.gouldings.com/campground/ one night. Also take time to stop off at Springdale, Campground for its peace and quiet and natural Sound and Light Cruise. ✪ 125 miles to Moab LAS VEGAS 3/4 the charming little town which is the gateway to ★ Visit Hole N” The Rock, Canyonlands National (Start) surroundings. ✪ 262 miles to South Rim of the Day 8 > You will need to be up early this morning as Zion National Park. ✪ 147 miles to Zion River Grand Canyon ★ Be on the rim for the Park and enjoy some kind of adventure activity CALIFORNIA you head for Bluff to enjoy one of the best one-day Monument Valley Resort ★ There is so much to see, do and enjoy in from Moab. https://goo.gl/8FWWrZ mesmerising colour changes of sunrise and river trips available in the West with Wild River Zion from hiking the narrows or taking the trail to Journey Details maybe take a helicopter flight over the Canyon. Expeditions. In the morning they make two stops to Angels landing or maybe just enjoying the breath Day 12 > Take your time to explore Arches National It’s life changing! https://goo.gl/ej1ds7 learn about the Butler Wash petroglyph panel and taking scenery on a mule ride! Complete your day Park which preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone DEPART Las Vegas River House cliff dwelling, then enjoy a fresh gourmet with a visit to the Zion Canyon Theatre. Day 5/6 > Head east through more of Grand Canyon arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch. lunch under the cottonwoods before entering a DURATION 15 days www.zionriverresort.com National Park and through the Kaibab National Nature has exposed a landscape of contrasting limestone chasm for the afternoon, where you’ll see Forest to Cameron, then Page and finally fabulous colours, landforms and textures unlike any other DISTANCE 1,576 miles desert bighorn sheep and 300 million year-old fossils. Day 3/4 > The highlight of the next part of this tour Lake Powell on the Colorado River. Enjoy something and the greatest density of natural arches in the A full day and 26 miles in length, this is a great trip for will be when you stand at the rim of this of the Lake Powell adventures! Take a speedboat or world. Then continue your journey through Capitol those with limited time and super fun for families. Gifford Barn, Capitol Reef NP magnificent National Park. No photograph, painting alternatively book the excursion from Lake Powell Antelope Canyon Reef National Park and overnight here at Fruita ✪ 47 miles to Bluff ★ Enjoy a full day on the San resort to Rainbow Bridge Monument and explore. campground. ✪ 147 miles to Capitol Reef National Day 14 > Bryce Canyon National ✪ 180 miles to Mesquite ★ Take a scenic drive Juan River with Wild River Expeditions. If you get Day 10/11 > Today you are heading for Moab, Wahweap campground is right on the Lake and Park ★ Explore Delicate, Double and Landscape Park has been described as a stopping off at the viewpoints of Bryce including the opportunity whilst in this area visit Valley of enroute visit Hole N” The Rock, a unique historic guests can also enjoy the adjoining resorts pool and Arch and maybe take the Devils Garden Trailhead scientist’s laboratory and a child’s the magnificent Inspiration Point and maybe enjoy the Gods. http://www.cadillacranchrv.com/ 5,000 square foot home, carved out of a huge rock facilities. ✪ 145 miles to Lake Powell ★ Rent a and / or Balanced Rock Trail at Arches. Visit Gifford playground. It certainly is ‘one of a one of the many hiking trails. Visit the St. George in Canyonlands Country. From Moab visit speedboat and make for Rainbow Bridge House & Museum close to your campground at kind’ and spectacularly different area; a historical gold mine full of pioneer homes, Day 9 > Today you are heading for Mesa Verde via Canyonlands National Park and the Islands in the alternatively take the tour available from Lake Capitol Reef NP before you set off. from anything you have seen fascinating ghost towns, and prehistoric dinosaur Four Corners monument, this area of the USA is Sky Visitor Centre. The Island in the Sky mesa rests Powell Resort. https://goo.gl/4vw8j8 https://goo.gl/7dSsLL Cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde NP before. Natural amphitheatres lie footprints. www.desertskiesresorts.com known as Four Corners; as it is in the corner of four on sheer sandstone cliffs over 1,000 feet above its states. Northwest is Utah, northeast is Colorado, Day 13 > Sometimes you find yourself on a road above an array of white and orange limestone Day 15 > Drive 98 miles to return your motorhome southeast is New Mexico and southwest is Arizona. that you can sense is something truly special and columns and walls sculptured by rain, snow, and to the Cruise America depot in Las Vegas. Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a that is the case today as you travel along scenic frost. Because you will probably want to spend spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Byway 12. Discover the vast Grand Staircase – more time in Bryce this morning, we suggest Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 Escalante National Monument and the tranquil overnighting in Mesquite on your way to Las Vegas. years. Today the park protects nearly 5,000 known beauty of Boulder Mountain interspersed with archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. national forest lands and state parks like you’ve never These sites are some of the most notable and best seen as you uncover a sense of prehistory that preserved in the USA. ✪ 87 miles to Mesa Verde strengthens the fabric of this memorable road trip. ★ Book a guided tour to the famous cliff dwellings ✪ 120 miles to Bryce ★ Visit Escalante Canyons of Cliff Palace and Balcony House which can only before reaching the town and Escalante be visited by taking a ranger-guided tour. State Park. https://goo.gl/EmsaEs http://www.mesaverdervresort.com/ San Juan Wild Rivers Expedition Wahweap Hoodoos, Grand Staircase, Escalante National Monument

Virgin River and Court of the Patriarchs, Zion NP

Horse riding in Bryce Canyon

cruiseamerica.com 26 cruiseamerica.com 27 icons & national parks of the real america It’s a huge area, but what better way to explore the quiet, wide open roads of the Wild West than by motorhome? Marvel at famous National Parks and Monuments and follow in the footsteps of notorious characters including Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill while keeping your eye out for wildlife along the way, as you explore the REAL America.

Motorhome Itinerary NORTH DAKOTA MONTANA 5/6 Day 1 > Collect your motorhome and then begin Medora Campground your journey of the Wild West in Wyoming’s State BILLINGS - Yellowstone NP 7 9 SOUTH DAKOTA Capital, Cheyenne. Stop by the Terry Bison Ranch, Hardin Devils KOA Tower Cottonwood home to more than 2,300 grazing bison or visit the Fishing Bridge KOA 5/6 Campground RV Park State Capitol Building and State Museum. - Cedar Pass 10-12 7 9 Campground Ponderosa Wind Cave NP ✪ 110 miles to Cheyenne, Wyoming ★ Cheyenne Campground Frontier Days takes place at the end of July every 13/14 Colter Bay RV Park Elk Mountain Campground year – book your RV pitch well in advance as this IDAHO WYOMING includes the world’s largest outdoor rodeo. There’s a free pancake breakfast for all attendees! Rapid City, the City of Presidents NEBRASKA

www.campcheyenne.com American warrior. It’s a work in progress but will Camp Cheyenne stand 563 feet high and 641 feet long when complete. SALT LAKE CITY (Finish) Colter Bay, Grand Teton NP ✪ 150 miles to Badlands National Park via Mount COLORADO UTAH Rushmore ★ Take Iron Mountain Road and Park ★ Drive the 42-mile Scenic Loop through the DENVER (Start) Needles Highway for dramatic scenery. End your park to take in breathtaking view after day with sunset over the buttes, gullies and breathtaking view. At the end of the day saddle canyons of Badlands National Park. up at Jackson’s Million Dollar Cowboy Bar – the Journey Details https://foreverresorts.rzda.net/cedarpass/ bar stools are real life saddles. http://www.gtlc.com/rv/colter-bay-rv-park DEPART Denver or Salt Lake City Day 4 > It’s time for your own ‘Dance with Wolves’ and ‘Close Encounter’. The scenic drive through Day 15 > It’s going to be an early start and you will DURATION 15 days Spearfish Canyon was the location for Kevin need to book the Early Bird option if you plan on DISTANCE 1,940 miles Costner’s winter scene and he fell in love with returning your motorhome today. Alternatively add Day 2 > Head for Deadwood while filming in the area. So much so Thunder Mountain from Beartooth Highway, Montana Lower Falls, Yellowstone National Park another day and take your time to enjoy the sights the Black Hills of that he now owns one of the many casinos in the months with the dynamic landscape of the North moose, elk, coyote or even a grizzly. Whatever it is of southern Idaho and northern Utah as you head South Dakota. It may be a historic town. Devil’s Tower, filming location of Dakotan Badlands as your backdrop. you’ll want to stop for a picture or two. ✪ 200 miles to Salt Lake City, which marks the end of your Real long drive, but it’s worth it as Close Encounters of the Third Kind is your overnight https://goo.gl/XmYHVK for a real rustic location to Grant Village ★ Old Faithful is one of the most American adventure. 280 miles to Cruise America, ✪ the Black Hills are home to some of spot. 190 miles to Devil’s Tower via Spearfish or https://goo.gl/Gkr2VK with a few more facilities. reliable geysers in the park erupting approximately Salt Lake City. ★ the USA’s most iconic attractions, not Canyon Stop in Rapid City, the city of every 90 minutes. The Lower Falls of the Grand to mention scenic byways with jaw- Presidents, for a trendy downtown vibe and a visit Days 7/8/9 > Time to cover a few more miles across Canyon of the Yellowstone are more than twice dropping views around every corner, to the Journey Museum. https://goo.gl/Xsz6dY the plains of Montana before immersing yourself in the height of Niagara Falls. craggy rock formations and forested some Native American history with a visit to the site http://www.yellowstonenationalparklodges. ✪ Days 5/6 > A morning on the road to divert up to rolling hills. 240 miles to Hot Springs of the Battle of Little Bighorn where General Custer com/lodging/camping/fishing-bridge-rv-park/ ★ Visit Wind Cave National Park or the active Medora in North Dakota is well worth the drive. If it famously lost his life. Rest up before making your paleontological dig at the Mammoth Site. wasn’t for his time as a rancher in the state, way into Wyoming and the town of Cody. Days 13/14 > Just a short drive from the South www.nps.gov/wica/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm would not have begun the ✪ 430 miles over two days ★ The Buffalo Bill Entrance of Yellowstone National Park is Grand process of creating the . Visit Center of the West is an affiliate museum of the Teton National Park which is dominated by the Day 3 > Today is the day to get up close and the National Park rightly named after him, keeping Smithsonian in DC. It’s five museums within one; majestic Tetons, part of the famed Rocky Mountains. personal with Presidents Washington, Jefferson, an eye out for bison, wild horses, elk and golden don’t miss the Draper Natural History Museum in On the edge of the Park, ‘cosmopolitan western’ ✪ Roosevelt and Lincoln at Mount Rushmore National eagles along the way. 250 easy miles to Medora preparation for the wildlife and ecology of Jackson features wooden sidewalks, elk antler ★ Memorial. Lesser known, but just a short distance Take in the nightly outdoor Yellowstone National Park - your next stop. arches and shops that range from the chic to the away is Crazy Horse Memorial honoring the Native and Pitchfork Fondue dinner in the summer http://koa.com/campgrounds/hardin/ and traditional. ✪ 40 miles to Colter Bay Village RV http://codyponderosa.com/

Days 10/11/12 > Save yourself at least two days to take in the magical landscape of Yellowstone National Park. From Cody, head north to Red Lodge to join the epic Beartooth Highway - it’s a stunning high mountain pass into the park. Geysers, hot springs and bubbling mud pots await and make the area one of the most geothermally active on the planet. Expect an animal jam along the way – a traffic jam caused by animals strolling along the road or grazing to the side of the road. It could be a bison,

Crazy Horse Memorial Theodore Roosevelt National Park Taking the stagecoach, Jackson

cruiseamerica.com 28 cruiseamerica.com 29 houston to las vegas via big bend Starting in Houston and travelling far west to where night skies are dark as coal and rivers carve between ancient limestone and hundreds of bird species take refuge in a solitary mountain range and cactus bloom in sublime southwestern sun, to a magical place called Big Bend. The adventure continues as you head over the border and into New Mexico and then on to the immense Grand Canyon, with its layered bands of red rock. Finally, get your kicks on Route 66 as you end this epic journey in Las Vegas, the crazy fun city of neon!

Day 6 > Continue your drive to Marathon, the Motorhome Itinerary gateway to Big Bend National Park. Due to the clear LAS VEGAS (Finish) Grand Canyon NP Day 1/2 > After enjoying an overnight in Houston/ night skies and lack of light polution, this is an 13 ALBUQUERQUE 15 American Dallas, make your way to the Cruise America depot to amazing location to star gaze and relax before your RV Park 12 OKLAHOMA next venture into the Big Bend National Park. 14 11 MISSISSIPPI collect your motorhome. You are heading for San KINGMAN Flagsta Antonio which has so much to offer with amazing ✪ 56 miles to Marathon ★ Enjoy an evening Blake Ranch KOA outdoors star gazing. RV Park NEW MEXICO culture, history and a wide range of activities to suit ARIZONA all ages. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in http://www.marathonmotel.com/ NEVADA DALLAS Guadaloupe 2015 ensure you take in a visit to the San Antonio TEXAS Day 7/8 > En route to Big LAS CRUCES 10 Mountains NP LOUISIANA Missions National Historical Park which includes the Hacienda Bend discover Terlingua RV Resort 9 SONORA world famous ‘Alamo’. ✪ 197 miles from Houston Caverns of Sonora Caverns of Sonora Ghost Town where you can FORT DAVIS RV Park to San Antonio. ★ Visit the Space Center in Davis Mountains experience stunning views State Park Campsite Houston. Whilst in San Antonio take in the urban MARATHON Day 4 > Continue to Fort Davis via Fort Stockton of local landmarks including MARFA Motel & RV Park sanctuary which is the River Walk, which includes 1/2 where you can experience Old West history, with the Chisos Mountains. Tumble In RV Park 7/8 Big Bend NP HOUSTON amazing restaurants and nightlife. If you happen San Antonio KOA (Start) Terlingua is also the venue LAJITAS to be in San Antonio over a weekend a visit to shopping, dining and entertainment. Whilst in Fort Maverick Ranch RV Park for the annual Chilli Cook ‘The Saga’ lightshow is a must. Davis explore the frontier military post of Fort Davis National Historic Site. ✪ 232 miles to Fort Davis Off which takes place on www.koa.com/campgrounds/san-antonio/ Angels Window, North Rim of Grand Canyon ★ Take in the natural beauty of the Chihuahuan the first Saturday in Day 11 > This morning explore downtown Las Journey Details Desert Nature Centre and learn about the November. Explore the Big Day 3 > Today depart for the Caverns of Sonora Cruces. The major city of New Mexico is your botanical gardens or visit the impressive Bend National Park / Big Bend State taking in a side trip to the Texas Hill country town destination today and on the way we’re sure you DEPART Dallas/Houston or Las Vegas McDonald Observatory to discover more about Park and surrounding areas. Come of Fredericksburg, steeped in German heritage and will want to stop at ‘Truth or Consequence’ to find the night skies. https://goo.gl/gAFyxE close to nature, with over 450 species of birds, 75 DURATION 16 days history, visit the National Museum of the Pacific War out why its name was changed from ‘Hot Springs’. species of mammals and 56 species of reptiles you or experience some wine tasting in the various Be sure to visit the historic bath house district. If Day 5 > Continue your Texas exploration at leisure are bound to encounter some wild life whilst DISTANCE 2,184 miles excellent wineries in the area. From here drive to travelling during the first half of October, book WELL with a drive and overnight at the quirky town of enjoying your hike, kayaking trip, horse ride or the Caverns of Sonora, these stunning caves are in advance as it’s the hot air balloon festival in Marfa. Surrounded by mountain ranges, weather scenic drive. Spend a couple of nights at the recognised to be one of the most beautiful in the Albuquerque. ✪ 235 miles to Albuquerque world. ✪ 203 miles to Caverns of Sonora ★ Visit beaten desert and an alternative gateway to the Big Maverick Ranch RV Park where you can enjoy all of ✪ ★ Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend NP ★ Visit Socorro for the Old San Miguel Mission the Caverns of Sonora and experience an intimate Bend National Park. 21 miles to Marfa Enjoy Lajitas Golf Resort amenities and activities; dominated by the massive South Baldy mountain. Rusty remains of an old car in Petrified Forest NP guided tour of this hidden gem and the Caverns Marfa, this is the home of fun art installations, including the Agave Spa, Black Jack’s Crossing Golf Day 10 > Spend some www.americanrvpark.com have their own RV park to spend the night. art galleries, the Chinati Foundation and ‘The Club, Horseback Trail Rides, Equestrian Activities, time exploring and Day 14 > There’s not much of Route 66 left “from Marfa Lights’. http://tumbleinmarfa.com/ enjoying Guadaloupe http://www.cavernsofsonora.com/camping Sport Clay Shooting, Cowboy Action, and much Day 12 > A longish drive today. You will want to break Chicago to LA” but one of the longest sections ✪ ★ Mountains National more. 110 miles to Lajitas Take in the your journey at the Petrified Forest National Park and remaining will take you on the scenic drive through Horse riding, Grand Canyon NP Park. Then its time to splendid view from the porch in Terlingua Ghost then continue through Cocino National Forest to Peach Springs, on the edge of the Hualapai Indian head over the border Town. Enjoy the splendour of the Chisos Flagstaff. ✪ 310 miles to Flagstaff ★ Visit Sandia Reservation to Kingman. ✪ 150 miles to Kingman and to the second Mountains, maybe hike the Lost Mine Trail and Peak and the world’s longest aerial tramway. ★ Visit Grand Canyon Caverns. enjoy the Ross Maxwell scenic drive to Santa largest city in New https://koa.com/campgrounds/flagstaff/ www.blakeranchrv.com Elena Canyon. https://goo.gl/WrMUvV Mexico, Las Cruces and Hacienda RV Resort, Day 13 > Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona, is Day 15 > You will cross into Nevada today via the Day 9 > It is a longer drive today as you head north within walking distance of historic Old Messilla (Billy home to much of the immense Grand Canyon, with Hoover Dam. There is so much to see and explore in and depart Lajitas to Guadaloupe Mountains the kid’s hangout) and all the speciality shops and its layered bands of red rock revealing millions of this amazing man-made structure that channels the Day 16 > After breakfast it is a short 20 mile drive National Park known for its extensive hiking and fine dining. ✪ 152 miles to Las Cruces ★ Enjoy years of geological history. If there is any place on mighty Colorado River. Finally, your adventure ends to return your motorhome to the Cruise America back packing opportunities which are amongst the hiking one of the trails this morning before Earth that puts into perspective the grandiosity of in Las Vegas this crazy fun city of neon, megastars depot in Las Vegas. ✪ nations most pristine wilderness areas. 283 miles setting off on your journey. Mother Nature, it is here. ✪ 95 miles to Grand and casinos! ✪ 120 miles to Las Vegas to Guadalupe Mountains National Park www.haciendarv.com Canyon National Park ★ Visit the Grand Canyon! ★ Visit the Hoover Dam Museum and see how it River Walk, San Antonio McDonald Observatory https://goo.gl/W3aHDQ Along it, down in it or hovering over it. was constructed – a colossal and costly feat of A typical colonial church in Santa Elena www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/cg-sr.htm man’s ingenuity. www.oasislasvegasrvresort.com

cruiseamerica.com 30 cruiseamerica.com 31 route 66 including highway 1 Are you ready to get your kicks on Route 66 also known as The Mother Road! Route 66 served as a major path for those who migrated west exposing millions of American citizens to small towns and different cultures across the country. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, which has become one of the most famous roads in AreAmerica! you ready This tripto get is alsoyour going kicks onto takeRoute you 66 alongalso known another as famousThe Mother Road Road! - Highway Route 1 66 where served you as will a major have path time for to alsothose enjoy who the migrated amazing west Californian exposing coastalmillions scenery. of American citizens to small towns and different cultures across the country. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, which has become one of the most famous roads in America! This trip is also going to take you along another famous Road - Highway 1 where you will have time to also enjoy the amazing Californian coastal scenery. folk, blues, rock and much more - is growing ever- particularly for authentic creations you just won’t Motorhome Itinerary ✪ ★ Mount Blue stronger. 380 miles Visit the Philbrook and find anywhere else! State Park Gilcrease Museums, the Woody Guthrie Center www.koa.com/campgrounds/albuquerque-central/ CHICAGO VERMONT Day 1 > After a night or 2 (Start) and the music bars and eating places of the Brady Old car on Route 66 Bar enjoying the windy city Beech Hill M AINE Harbor Day 9/10 > It is a long drive today as you head for Surfing on the Californian coast, close to Highway 1 it’s time to make your way Arts District. www.koa.com/campgrounds/tulsa ILLINOIS Campground KOA NEW Y ORK Williams KOA, the gateway to the Grand Canyon, Spring eld KOA to the Cruise America NEW

Lincoln’s Tomb Lincoln’s NEVADA Day 4 > Today is a short but memorable drive as you where you are booked for two nights! En route be White River Valley HAMPSHIRE rental location to collect San Francisco North Campground head out along legendary Route 66 to Oklahoma sure to stop off at Gallup, which some say is the Petaluma KOA UTAH SALISBURY BEACH your motorhome! You are COLOR ADO MISSOURI Beach Rose RV Park 19/20 K ANSAS City. Much of the Mother Road is still negotiable, and Shop for authentic Native American crafts ‘Indian capital of the world’ because of its location in Las Vegas GARDINER heading for the midwest MASSACHUSETTS Santa Cruz 18 Circus Circus KENTUCKY Lazy River PLYMOUTH it’s a living museum of old motels, diners, iconic the centre of Native American lands. Once you are at Monterey Bay KOA CALIFORNIA Spring eld ARLINGTON Pinewood Lodge of the USA & Springfield, ✪ 325 miles ★ Experience Palo Duro Canyon up 12/13 Campground Grand Canyon OKLAHOMA Route 66 KOA Camping on the Campground sights and atmospheric attractions. In Oklahoma City, Williams KOA you have three choices for going to Santa Margarita KOA 17 Barstow Tucumcari Tulsa Battenkill IL. Welcome to Route 66 – close and personal, the way the cowboys did: On Williams KOA TENNESSEE RI there’s Western and Native American history and the Grand Canyon. Take the hour’s drive so you have Calico KOA KOA Oklahoma City 9/10 CONNETICUT Scusset Beach enjoy the museum, shops Horseback. The Old West Stables, located inside 14 8 7 Elk City East KOA Los Angeles KOA / 11 ARKANSAS State Reservation culture galore, the unique atmosphere of Stockyard all the home comforts; join KOA’s van tour or arrive 15 16 Kingman Albuquerque Amarillo and maybe dinner at a the canyon, offers guided tours. If you are KOA ARIZONA Central KOA KOA TEXAS City - the USA’s largest working cattle market, and by rail on the Grand Canyon Railway. Your KOA hosts NEW PRESTON classic American diner! heading to Cadillac Ranch be sure to grab some NEW MEXICO JERSEY Hidden Acres the riveting nightlife of Bricktown - alive with music, will help with reservations and taxi to the railway. At Campground ✪ 200 miles ★ Visit Lincoln’s tomb & the Salem State spray paint & enjoy creating your own piece of NEW YORK entertainment and eating places. ✪ 110 miles (Start) Historic site, a reconstruction of an 1830s village artwork! www.koa.com/campgrounds/amarillo/ ★ En route, visit the Sapulpa Historical Museum, where Abraham Lincoln spent his early adulthood. Day 11 > Today there is no need to rush away from before heading into Boulder City, then go south paintings that have survived for five hundred to a the Lincoln Motel and Chandler’s memorable Journey Details www.koa.com/campgrounds/springfield/ Day 7 > Today you are heading for Americas Williams – so do spend the morning enjoying some and skirt the Providence Mountains before thousand years. Route 66 Interpretive Center. In OKC, check out the Southwest & the gateway to New Mexico, of those activities they provide. The drive is 125 diverting to the Mojave National Preserve. www.koa.com/campgrounds/santa-margarita/ DEPART Chicago, San Francisco Western apparel stores in Stockyard City, the Day 2 > Today you are heading for the banks of the Tucumcari. Get your picture taken in front of the miles – 82 more of them along world-famous ‘Route ✪ 155 miles ★ Mojave National Preserve is the or Los Angeles National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, the Day 18 > Ready to get going towards Santa Cruz Mississippi River & St Louis! No visit to St Louis would Route 66 Roadside Attraction at the Convention 66’ – where we hope you will continue to get some penultimate stop today, a desert solitude in American Banjo Museum and lively Bricktown. today? Please, be sure to stop at that well-known be complete without a visit to the countries tallest Center or the world’s largest mural devoted to kicks!! Head for Kingman KOA and unwind in the Southern California, singing sand dunes, volcanic DURATION 21 days www.koa.com/campgrounds/oklahoma-city ‘Folly’, Hearst Castle, as you drive through San monument at 630 feet, The Gateway Arch, with its Route 66 in the United States. Tour the town during huge pool, high in the desert surrounded by the cinder cones, Joshua tree forests, and carpets of Simeon – 65 miles into your journey. Take plenty of DISTANCE 2,955 miles iconic, awe-inspiring shape. The Gateway Arch the day to see the other wonderful murals located Hualapai (Hu-al-a-pie) Mountains. Nearby you can wildflowers are all found at this 1.6 million acre Day 5 > Another comfortable driving day out on time to enjoy amazing coastal scenery through the commemorates Thomas Jefferson and St. Louis’ role all over the city and at night to see those famous see traces of the pioneer wagon ruts that still mark park. A visit to its canyons, mountains and mesas Route 66 to Elk City, perhaps following a last drive Big Sur and Pebble Beach; enjoy a stop at Carmel or in the westward expansion of the United States. Then Route 66 Neon signs. Maybe take a trip to nearby the Fort Beale Wagon Trail. ✪ 125 miles ★ A visit to will reveal long-abandoned mines, homesteads, around Oklahoma City and the pretty, bustling ✪ ★ travel onwards stopping off at Lone Elk Park to enjoy Ute Lake or Conchas Lake State Parks and go One of the many old neon signs along Route 66 and rock-walled military outposts. Monterey. 150 miles Visit Hearst castle and University town of Norman. This section of 66 is the the Route 66 Museum in Kingman is a must. some wildlife viewing before a visit to Route 66 picnicking, hiking, boating or fishing. There are also www.koa.com/campgrounds/barstow/ stop at Carmel or Monterey, enjoy the Slolife of beating heart of the Mother Road, littered with www.koa.com/campgrounds/kingman/ State Park! ✪ 125 miles ★ Take a ride to the top of numerous Scenic Byways to see the unique laid back southern California. typical Oklahoma townships and unmissable the iconic Gateway Arch. Enjoy some time viewing landscape and a variety of wildlife, including herds the campground you can enjoy live Western music, Day 12/13 > Enjoy the city that never sleeps – Las Day 15/16 > If you fancy some shopping then visit www.koa.com/campgrounds/santa-cruz/ delights - like the mouth-watering fried onion the wildlife at Lone Elk Park including bison, wild of antelope and deer, or maybe just relax at the hayrides, fun-bike rentals, mini-golf and horseback Vegas! The campground next to Circus Circus is right one of the two outlet malls and their 100 stores burgers in El Reno, historic Lucille’s Roadhouse and Day 19/20 > Today you cross the famous Golden turkey, elk & deer. Finally, take time to visit Route poolside at your KOA campground. ✪ 160 miles riding. ✪ 360 miles ★ If you get the chance book on the Strip which is also home to New York & Paris! before heading off to explore the city of Angels. Diner in Weatherford and the two major Route 66 Gate Bridge. You are heading for the Petaluma KOA, 66 State Park and be sure to stop off at the visitor ★ Be sure to take lots of pictures of the famous and take a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon ✪ 100 miles ★ Spend the day wandering the Strip ✪ 115 miles ★ Take a Beverly Hills Tour, Museums in Clinton and Elk City. Also in Elk City is 34 miles north of that famous icon. A petting farm centre, which has displays showcasing the road. Route 66 neon signs for the photo album! (definitely not to be missed!) or maybe a jeep or and then enjoy one of the many world class acts or experience Venice & Muscle Beach, head to the vibrant, living history of preserved old buildings with cattle, sheep, donkeys, goats and peacocks www.koa.com/campgrounds/springfield-route-66/ www.koa.com/campgrounds/tucumcari/ rafting tour! https://goo.gl/nWhRKP shows like Cirque du Soleil. If time permits a visit to Universal, Disneyland or Knott’s Berry Farm and from the city’s early days. ✪ 110 miles ★ Visit enhances the ranch atmosphere at this the Fremont Street experience is a must with free check out the stars on Hollywood Boulevard! Historic Fort Reno, the Mohawk Lodge Indian campground. Summertime fun includes an Day 3 > Today you are heading through America’s Day 8 > Today you are heading for Albuquerque live entertainment and the amazing light show! TIP! www.koa.com/campgrounds/los-angeles/ Store - one of few remaining Indian Trading Posts, the capital of New Mexico. En route take a scenic inflatable water slide; bounce house and sunset heartland and to Tulsa. Make sure you stop off in Extend your stay for a few nights and head to Visit Meteor Crater, Flagstaff Jigg’s Smokehouse and Elk City’s Day 17 > Leaving Los Angeles today head north hayrides – so plenty to do as well the option to take Joplin, once a hide out town of that famous duo, drive via Santa Fe national forest to Santa Fe which Zion, Bryce Canyon and the National Parks of Bonnie & Clyde! Vibrant Tulsa was once known as Old Town Museum Complex. is a world class tourist destination and has long Utah. https://goo.gl/4LRExc on to Route 101 – you are on your way to stay at guided tours of San Francisco, which depart daily the ‘oil capital of the world’ and is now home to the https://goo.gl/AVqpmN been a center for arts and culture. Due to sales, it Santa Margarita Lake KOA. They call the area around May through October. Enjoy a second night at world’s largest collection of art and artefacts of the now ranks as the USA’s third largest art market with Day 14 > Heading west, the first stop is another Santa Barbara “America’s Riviera” so their beaches & Petaluma KOA. ✪ 115 miles ★ Take some pictures Day 6 > Today is a long drive as you American West, superb collections of European art nearly 300 galleries and dealers. American icon of the Colorado River – the world-famous restaurants might make it a natural break on the of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge and maybe even leave Oklahoma and head for Texas “on the and the fabulous Brady Arts District, where Tulsa’s Indians inhabited New Mexico long Hoover Dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada. way. ✪ 240 miles ★ Visit Chumash Painted Cave to book one of the cycle ride tours over it! Ride the way to Amarillo”! But it will be well worth it as reputation as a ‘live’ music powerhouse - for jazz, before the Spanish and their timeless Stop a while and stare at this man-made wonder see some of the very elaborate and colourful rock cable car and visit notorious Alcatraz. Spend time there is a lot to see and do. Definitely take time cultures, traditions, arts and beliefs enjoying the fantastic, dining, shopping and to visit “Palo Duro” (which is Spanish for “hard continue to enrich the state today. There are nightlife of this vibrant city. wood”) Canyon state Park the 2nd largest in 19 pueblos located around the state, https://goo.gl/EmsaEs the USA, once inhabited by the including the Eight Northern Indian Apache, Cheyenne & Comanche Day 21 > If you can, stay a little longer and head to Pueblos north of Santa Fe. Take a and consisting of more than Yosemite. If your time is limited, one of the full day tour, you’ll learn about Native 20,000 acres. Whilst in Amarillo excursions to Yosemite is well worthwhile. After America’s heritage as well as visit the American Quarter breakfast head back to the Cruise America rental contemporary cultures in New Mexico. Horse Heritage Centre, Cadillac location in Newark, near San Francisco to return ✪ 185 miles ★ Visit an Indian pueblo Ranch & the Route 66 historic your home on wheels! and Santa Fe’s world-famous art district featuring antiques, galleries & art markets, Santa Fe is boutiques and eclectic dining. famous for its unique shopping, Chicago River and Willis Tower The Lighthouse Formation, Palo Duro Jesse James Museum, Stanton, Missouri Joshua tree

cruiseamerica.com 32 cruiseamerica.com 33 texas and louisiana rhythms of the south On this tour you will experience the beguiling mix of history, mystery, cajun hospitality and food, Fun with a capital ‘F’ and music that This tour takes in three centers of American music, New Orleans, Memphis and Louisiana is so famous for! And then there’s Texas -The Lone Star State they describe as a ‘whole other country’ explore the cities and enjoy the Nashville: the cities whose music are the soundtracks of our lives. Most of the driving sparkling expanses of windswept beaches, feast on the freshest seafood and relax under the warm Texas sky, it just doesn’t get any better than that! is city to city on easy to drive Interstate highways.

and artists set up booths and Day 4 > North now into Elvis country. It’s a long ride ARKANSAS Motorhome Itinerary sell their wares. ✪ 255 miles to Motorhome Itinerary to ‘Elvis Town’ so we are breaking the journey just MEMPHIS NASHVILLE DALLAS TexarkanaARKANSA KOA S Memphis-Graceland Nashville Country RV Park Buck Creek (Start) ★ DALLAS Texarkana KOA RV Park & Day 1 > After enjoying some sightseeing in Abeline Visit Abilene Zoo. RVBuck Park Creek Day 1 > After picking up your motorhome, it’s an north of Jackson, Mississippi – another State Capital CHATTANOOGA (Start) MISSISSIPPI Campground https://goo.gl/ULbRht 6RV Park and staying at Timberlake Campground. Mountain Houston and an overnight or 2, make your way to MISSISSIPPI easy 21/2 hour Interstate drive into Alabama for your TENNESSEE RV Park & Abilene 6 the Cruise America depot. Head to the Gulf of Abilene Rustic Creek River View first night in the State Capital, Montgomery. ✪ 180 miles to Jackson ★ Visit The Old Capitol, Campground Day 7 > Today you head for RRusticanch Creek RVRive Parkr View Ranch RV Park ✪ ★ Governors Mansion and the Capitol Building. Mexico and historic Galveston Beach for the first 155 miles to Montgomery Visit Jefferson Davis’ TUPELO SOUTH Fort Worth. There is plenty to Natchez Barnes Crossing www.therez.ms.gov/Pages/Timberlake.aspx CAROLINA night. ✪ 80 miles ★ Visit Moody Gardens, 242 TEXAS Natchez Confederate White House and Old Alabama Town. L OUISIANA JACKSON ATLANTA do at Yogi Bears Jellystone! TEXAS Baton Rouge Timberlake (Start) acres part theme park and part pleasure garden. L OUISIANA www.woodsrvpark.com/index.html Baton Rouge Campground ALABAMA Your campground for this Gulf Coast Day 5 > Leave the freeway traffic and take the very GEORGIA If you are travelling with the kids then a visit to RVG Resoulf Crtoast 12

evening. The prime focus is on RV Resort Lafaye12tte scenic Natchez Trace bound for Tupelo, Elvis MISSISSIPPI 13 New Orleans Day 2 > Heading for New Orleans but you need a Schlitterbahn Waterpark won’t disappoint Lafayette 13 Bayou Wilderness New Orleans family fun, with plenty of San Antonio HOUSTON BaRVyou Reso Wildernessrt 10/11 break. Mobile, Alabama, seems like a good place Presley’s birthplace and home town until the age of MOBILE MONTGOMERY featuring uphill water coasters, whitewater rapids San Antonio (StaHOUSrt) TON Jamaica Beach RV Resort Rivberboat10/11 Shady Acres Woods RV Park Travelers World 4/5 Jamaica Beach activities for everyone. Oh, yes Tr avelersRV Resor Wtorld 4/5 (Start) RV Resort TrRavelivberboat Park and the Shady Acres Campground will offer a warm thirteen. After a stop to visit, your campsite is at Campground and the Boogie Bahn Surf ride! www.jbrv.net RV Resort Travel Park – and Yogi Bear™ is always RV Resort ✪ ★ Barnes Crossing, just minutes north of the town. welcome. 185 miles to Mobile Visit the OUISIANA Gulf of Mexico FLORIDA Gulf of Mexico L Day 2/3 > You will want to stop a lot on the road to somewhere to be found. Kids Battleships at Memorial Park and the once English ✪ 160 miles to Tupelo ★ Visit Elvis’s birthplace will enjoy the great new pool and the museum dedicated to his life. NEW ORLEANS Port Aransas on Mustang Island, and just north of On the Beach Conde-Charlotte House. The French Quarter RVOn P arkthe Beach RV Park facility - Pirates Cove with lots RV Park 2/3 www.cgbarnescrossing.com Padre Island. We suggest you spend a couple of MEXICO Corpus Christi2/3 www.shadyacresmobile.com nights relaxing and take the opportunity to visit of water slides to keep them MEXICO Corpus Christi Day 6 > A couple of hours driving through the Holly Corpus Christi and the beaches. ✪ 205 miles Port busy for a few hours! Space Centre, Houston Day 3 > Heading for the historic, gracious and Trumpet player, New Orleans Photo: New Orleans CVB Springs National Forest to Memphis. Where better Aransas ★ Enjoy some time beachcombing, ✪ 155 miles to Burleson nr horse-drawn carriage tour of the historic district Journey Details unique city of New Orleans: the birthplace of jazz. Journey Details to stay than within walking distance of Graceland, Day 8 > Just over two hours to our last stop of this fishing or swimming today at one of Fort Worth. www.rusticcreekranch.com of Natchez. Visit Natchez National Historical Park. You can walk from The French Quarter RV Park into Elvis Presley’s home. The Memphis-Graceland RV trip near Chattanooga. Raccoon Mountain RV Park http://www.riverviewrvpark.com/ DEPART Dallas or Houston the heart of New Orleans. Though the RV Park looks DEPART Atlanta the beautiful beaches. Stroll & Campground is the closest Day 8 > We suggest you take a little longer and a little like a car park, it has full hookups and the Park & Campground is located on 19 acres just off around the Marina, the focal campground to the area’s divert off Interstate 30 to visit South Fork, home of Day 10/11 > Heading for the historic, gracious and DURATION 14 days Clubhouse is very ‘New Orleans’ with great facilities. Elvis Presley Boulevard behind Elvis Presley’s DURATION 9 days point of Corpus Christi and major attractions: the Ewings in Parker, Texas – northeast of Dallas unique city of New Orleans: the birthplace of jazz. The wonderful restaurants, the world famous music Heartbreak Hotel. ✪ 110 miles to Memphis maybe visit Galvan House. DISTANCE 1,930 miles Tennessee Aquarium, DISTANCE 1,450 miles (www.southfork.com). Texarkana is on the Texas/ You can walk from the French Quarter RV Park into and nightlife for everyone might make you extend ★ Visit Graceland of course but also the Civil www.onthebeachrvpark.com Lookout Mountain, Southern Belle Arkansas border and boasts Scott Joplin as a native, the heart of New Orleans. The wonderful your stay here. ✪ 160 miles to the French Quarter, Rights Museum in what was the Lorraine Motel Riverboat, IMAX Theatre, and downtown Day 4/5 > Heading north and away from the beaches enroute visit the old western style town of Mount restaurants, the world famous music , nightlife and New Orleans ★ Visit Jackson Square, Basin Street where Martin Luther King was shot; Sun Studios Chattanooga. Adjacent is Raccoon Mountain Caverns to San Antonio, home of the famous Battle of the Pleasant, alternatively if you want to break the festivals for everyone might make you extend your and Audubon Park. Cruise the Mississippi aboard a and Beale Street immortalised by W.C. Handy, the with 51/2 miles of cave systems to explore. Alamo and discover the lingering cornerstones of journey, this would be great a place to stop and add stay here! ✪ 165 miles to New Orleans ★ Visit steamer or take a day tour to the swamps so-called “Father of Blues”. ✪ 140 miles to Chattanooga ★ Visit the Lookout great American History. Enjoy wandering the shops another night. ✪ 235 miles to Texarkana Jackson Square, Basin Street and Audubon park. and beautiful Plantations in the area www.graceland.com/lodging/graceland_campground Mountain battlefields aboard the ‘Incline and café’s alongside the Canal. ✪ 185 miles to San ★ Visit Americas most famous ranch – South Fork. Cruise the Mississippi aboard a paddle steamer. (www.grayline.com). www.fqrv.com Day 7 > To the home of Country Music and the city Railway’. Explore the caves and caverns. Antonio ★ Flow through the heart of the city on a www.koa.com/campgrounds/texarkana/ Join one of the Ranger lead daily walks through that saw Dolly Parton and a host of other great www.raccoonmountain.com/index.html river cruiser and take in the beauty of the River the French Quarter. Check with Preservation Hall Day 9 > Today you visit 4 states! Texas to Arkansas; singers become international stars. Just north of Walk. San Antonio is home to 2 theme Parks so if there are any performances during your stay. Arkansas to Louisiana; Louisiana to overnight in Nashville is Goodlettsville and the Nashville Country Day 9 > Just over 2 hours/130 miles to drive to make time to visit SeaWorld to meet Shamu and www.fqrv.com alternatively Natchez the oldest town in Mississippi. Tour a few of RV Park and they organise tours through Grayline to drop off your motorhome back at Cruise America experience thrilling roller coaster rides at Six http://www.riverboattravelpark.com/ the majestic mansions that have drawn thousands of major attractions such as the Grand Old Opry (Tues, in Atlanta. Flags, Texas. https://goo.gl/uKF8Nj visitors to Natchez over the years. Take the short Day 12 > Today you head for Louisiana’s State Fri, Sat night), Country Music Hall of Fame and the Corpus Christi waterfront Day 6 > Continue north to Abeline. The Abilene drive out to The Grand Village of the Natchez Capital, Baton Rouge: known affectionately as the Jack Daniels Distillery. ✪ 230 miles to Nashville Lunchtime - all this travelling is hungry work! park system includes 29 parks, occupying a total of Indians and stroll the hallowed ground of the home Red Stick, rich in Louisiana culture, entertainment ★ Visit the Grand Old Opry, the Jack Daniels 1,247.56 acres. The Abilene Zoo is a popular of the city’s original inhabitants. There are and heritage. Enroute be sure to stop off along The http://www.bwrvr.com/index.html Distillery and much more on tours leaving from attraction. On every second Thursday evening of ceremonial mounds at the site, along with a replica Great River Road and experience one of the many the campground gates. Day 13 > Heading back to Texas today but on the the month, Artwalk is held in downtown Abilene. of an Indian dwelling. ✪ 265 miles to Vidalia near magnificent plantation homes telling the story of www.nashvillecountryrvpark.com way stop at famous Lake Charles. In fact, if you can, During Artwalk all the local museums are free, local Natchez ★ Stop off for a tour of one of the majestic the rich and colourful history of Louisiana extend your trip and enjoy a night here. Explore musicians and performers busk, and several crafters mansions en route. Take the 45 minute narrated, Plantation life. End your day in Lafayette the heart Lake Charles diverse offerings. Outdoor adventures Photo: Tennessee Department of Tourism of Louisiana’s Cajun & Creole Country, an area also include a journey into Louisiana’s Outback known as the ‘Happiest City in America’ and it’s no along the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road. mystery. Whether your passion is for rich cultural ✪ 135 miles to Beaumont ★ Visit Charpentier history, the bustling culinary scene or distinctive Historic District and area museum for a glimpse blend of Cajun and Zydeco music, you can be sure into the past. www.gulfcoastrvresort.com you will find it here! ✪ 135 miles to Lafayette ★ Visit the Old State Capital museum in Baton Day 14 > After breakfast drive the 75 miles back to Rouge to learn about state and local history. Visit Houston to return your Cruise America motorhome. the beautiful cathedral of St John the Evangelist with a 500 year old oak standing alongside and if you have time also visit the historic village Vermilionville a living history museum! The River Walk, San Antonio Plantation Home, Baton Rouge Graceland, Memphis Photo: Photo: Tennessee Department of Tourism Paddle boat on the Mississippi / Photo: Stephen Finn

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disney and more florida’s beaches and the keys GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA Orlando to the Florida “Pan Handle” and back. Instead of Florida top to bottom, head west and Miami or Fort Lauderdale loop including The Keys, Everglades National Park, Sanibel, Disney and more… explore the uncrowded beaches and beauty of the other Florida. The route takes you almost into Alabama In this tour we want you to see a lot more of what Florida has to offer. If you want to cut out Orlando because and visits the State Capital, Tallahassee before bringing you back to Walt Disney World. you did it before, that’s more time to spend meandering and exploring. SOUTH CAROLINA LOUISIANA

MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA Gulf of Mexico Motorhome Itinerary PERDIDI KEY Motorhome Itinerary Atlantic Ocean Playa Delrio GEORGIA ORLANDO RV Park Fort Wilderness Day 1 > Collect your motorhome from Cruise TALLAHASSEE Day 1 > Collect your motorhome from the Cruise Campground Cape RV Park Atlantic Canaveral America in Kissimmee and get on your way. Just a L OUISIANA America depot in Miami. Your base tonight is the Ocean Fort DeSota short drive brings you to Homosassa Springs and recently refurbished Grassy Key RV Park and it would Country Park FLORIDA Ocean Walk PANAMA RV Resort Nature Resort – where the manatee play. The PERRY Paynes Prairie be as well to book in advance to try to secure a CITY BEACH Preserve State Park Juno Beach Apalachee KOA secluded 97 riverfront acres are a motorhomer’s St Andrews State Bay waterfront site. ✪ 90-100 miles to Grassy Key, Palm Beach Recreation Area SANIBEL HOMOSASSA ORLANDO ★ Periwinkle Park dream and the constant 72F temperature of the Florida Keys Visit the Dolphin Research Center on & Campground Dania Beach Springs & KISSIMMEE freshwater springs is an attractive home for Nature Resort (Start) Grassy Key. http://www.grassykeyrvpark.com/ Gulf of Mexico MIAMI (Start) Photo: Visit Florida Everglades manatee and other wildlife. ✪ 90 miles to Fort Wilderness Fort DeSoto Country Park Campground ★ Day 2 > Cross the seven mile bridge and several Flamingo Campground John Pennekamp Homosassa Visit Homosassa Springs State Coral Reef State Park Wildlife Park www.naturesresortfla.com more on the way across Marathon, Big Pine Key and Florida Keys FLORIDA southwest. The very popular Flamingo Grassy Key RV Park the many others on the way to Key West. Boyd’s Key Boyd’s Key West Day 2 > Head north on Route 19 and the KOA in West Campground is just five miles from the Keys’ Campground should be pre-booked Campground Perry is a convenient stopping point before turning southernmost tip and an idyllic spot. ✪ 55 miles to online using the National Park Service website that also has so much information left and heading west towards Alabama. A great Key West ★ Visit Hemmingway’s favourite Lifeguard Tower, Miami Beach solar heated pool is open year-round and the beach Captain Tony’s and Smoky Joe’s pubs and don’t and pictures of this amazing environment. ✪ ★ Journey Details is only 15 minutes away. ✪ 120 miles to Perry miss seeing the sun go down from Mallory Pie. 75 miles to Everglades National Park Visit the Orlando area attractions including Universal Studios. Everglades National park: in your vehicle but also https://goo.gl/289iRB ★ Visit Forest Capital State Park. Journey Details www.boydscampground.com DEPART Miami South, Miami North www.koa.com/campgrounds/perry on foot or on the water. https://goo.gl/fWCr3s Day 8 > Head east to the Atlantic and make for or Orlando DEPART Orlando Day 3 > There’s only the one road in and out so now Day 5 > You are headed to Sanibel Island. Day 3 > Heading for the St Andrews State Recreation head back north bound for John Pennekamp Coral world famous Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy DURATION 10 days Periwinkle Park & Campground is a bird lovers Area in Panama City Beach. Well known for its sugar DURATION 8 days Reef State Park. Established in 1963, this was the Space Centre, NASA’s launch headquarters. Here delight. You can see many species of exotic and white sands and emerald green waters, this former first undersea park created in the United States. The you can tour launch areas, see the giant rockets, DISTANCE 1,110 miles DISTANCE 1,010 miles native birds including toucans, macaws and lemurs. military reservation has over one-and-a-half miles park, combined with the adjacent Florida Keys train in spaceflight simulators and see the moon ✪ 230 miles to Sanibel via Route 41 through the of glorious beaches on the Gulf of Mexico and National Marine Sanctuary, encompasses 178 close up via stunning iMax presentations. If you’re Everglades and the Big Cypress National Reserve lucky, you might meet a veteran astronaut. They say Grand Lagoon. Water sports enthusiasts can enjoy nautical square miles of coral reefs, seagrass beds has been a favourite among ★ Visit the shelling beaches of Captiva Island and, the best way to experience Florida is a visit to The swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking, and ★ and mangrove swamps. ✪ 100 miles to motorhomers and the small boat Disney World Visit? How many days have you to end a perfect day, we always head for The Palm Beaches and Boca Raton, so head south to the . ✪ 180 miles to St Andrew’s State Pennekamp National Park ★ Visit both Coral Reef community for fifty years. The got? Enjoy. https://goo.gl/289iRB Mucky Duck pub. www.sanibelcamping.com stunning area of Juno Beach. ✪ 160 miles to Juno Recreation Park in Panama City Beach ★ Visit the Kayaking at Panama City Beach Photo: Visit Florida Walt Disney World Photo: Walt Disney World and the National Marine Sanctuary. sands Beach ★ Visit, and tour, the Kennedy Space Museum of Man in the Sea and, if you like country Day 8 > 20 miles to Cruise America depot in http://pennekamppark.com/ of Dania Beach are just minutes Day 5 > Turning east, you’re heading for Florida’s Natural Landmark. Located on U.S. 441, 10 miles Day 6 > Back to the mainland and, to gobble up Center. Make sure to visit the Loggerhead music, Ocean Oprey. Kissimmee to drop off your motorhome. away. ✪ 105 miles to Dania Beach ★ Visit the State Capital, Tallahassee today. We suggest you let south of Gainesville. ✪ 150 miles to Paynes Prairie Day 4 > Leave the Florida Keys and drive into the those miles, it’s worth taking the Interstates 75/275 Marinelife Centre during sea turtle nesting season www.floridastateparks.org/park/St-Andrews world famous shopping on Palm Beach’s Worth Interstate 10 eat up the miles so that you have plenty Preserve State Park ★ Visit Micanopy. Everglades National Park. Not a swamp as popularly bound for Fort DeSoto Country Park. Its 1,136 acres (May-August), they take you on a guided walk to are made up of five interconnected islands and many Avenue and enjoy a last night of fun in Fort Day 4 > Today you are heading to Florida’s border of time to explore. The Tallahassee RV Park is located www.floridastateparks.org/park/Paynes-Prairie pictured but technically a vast river slowly flowing watch the turtles up close. sites are directly on the water. You can fish from two Lauderdale. with the State of Alabama. Almost falling off the in the rolling hills of Tallahassee, Florida’s Capital www.junooceanwalkrvresort.com free piers and rent boats and bikes. A lot of fun. ✪ www.northcoastpark.com/index.html edge of Florida is the Playa Delrio RV Park and Yacht City, and only minutes from Florida State University, Day 7 (and if you want day 9 and 10!!) > After all 145 miles to Fort DeSoto Park ★ Visit - nowhere! Club on Perdido Key. Sounds – and looks - like fun! the State Capital, and numerous athletic events, this natural wonder maybe it’s time to head for all Day 9 > In the morning drive south to a little haven DeSoto has won the America’s Best Beach award so Day 10 > It’s just 40 miles to Cruise America Miami ✪ 120 miles to Perdido Key ★ Visit Pensacola, quaint shops and regional malls. ✪ 225 miles to the man made wonders of Walt Disney World and of luxury and live life as a celebrity strolling through just stay and enjoy. to drop of your motorhome. America’s oldest settlement, or explore more of the Tallahassee ★ Visit everything you’d expect in a so much more in Orlando. There is only one place the Worth Avenue shopping district at Palm Beach www.pinellascounty.org/park/camping.htm#fortd Gulf Islands National Seashore. capital city. www.tallahasseervpark.com to stay – Fort Wilderness Campground. Do be sure dubbed ‘Rodeo Drive of the East’ and make time to ✪ see some dreamy mansions including Henry www.playadelrio.com to book in advance though. 105 miles to Walt Day 6 > This tour is all about introducing the places Day 7 > Walt Disney World and Disney’s Fort Flagler’s, which is now one of the top sightseeing in Florida that are off the normal tourist track – and Wilderness Resort is calling. Please book ahead, attractions. Your destination is NorthCoast which did you ever hear of deciding in advance how many nights you want to Micanopy, Florida? Today spend there to see your choices of Disney Theme ✪ head east on Interstate 10, Parks. 100 miles to Disney’s Fort Wilderness ★ then South on Interstate 75 Kennedy Space Centre Photo: Kennedy Space Centre Visit all the sites of Disney plus all the other and just south of Gainesville, west of Orange Lake is Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. Paynes Prairie is biologically, geologically, and historically unique. This park became Florida´s first state preserve and is now Photo: Visit Florida designated as a National Florida Museum of Natural History, Nr Gainesville Sea oats and dunes at Pensacola Beach Photo: Visit Florida Airboat ride, Everglades Photo: Visit Florida

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Stone Mountain Motorhome Itinerary Premier RV Resort NORTH Great Smoky 6/7 Hickory Nut Falls Day 1 > Arrive at Cruise America, Kissimmee and Mountains NP Family Campground CAROLINA collect your motorhome. Head toward Daytona TENNESSEE 5 Stone Myrtle Beach Beach and then meander on up Route A1A: Florida’s Mountain Travel Park Park coast road. The North Beach Camp Resort is less 8 Stone ATLANTA than five miles outside historic St. Augustine, the Mountain NP SOUTH CAROLINA oldest permanent European settlement on the MISSISSIPPI CHARLESTON Lake Aire RV Park North American continent. ✪ 125 miles from & Campground ALABAMA GEORGIA Kissimmee to St Augustine ★ Visit Daytona Beach, SAVANNAH Red Gate home of the world famous Speedway. Campground Mountain stream, Great Smoky Mountains www.northbeachcamp.com The USS Yorktown aircraft carrier, Charleston Atlantic Ocean LOUISIANA ✪ 91 miles to Cosby, Tennessee ★ Enjoy the F L O R D I A ST AUGUSTINE Day 2 > Cross into Georgia before continuing north North Beach Camp Resort ★ Visit The Pirates House, the setting for parts of wonderful hikes and magnificent scenic drives of along the coast to historic Savannah. You’re headed CEDAR KEY the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 9 for Red Gate Campground, just 15 minutes from the Robert Louis Stephenson’s Treasure Island. Sunset Isle RV Park Complete your stay with a visit to Dollywood ORLANDO city and featuring fishing ponds, bird watching, www.redgatecampground.com Gulf of Mexico KISSIMMEE (Start) including Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner TAMPA BAY nature trails, horseback riding and a salt water 10 Day 3 > Another ‘historic city of the old south’, show – Dinner never was so much fun! Bay Bayou RV Resort 11/12 swimming pool. Their website is full of interesting Disney Fort Wilderness Charleston is your destination across into South http://smokymountainpremierrvresort.com/ Campground historic facts about Savannah, one of the true ‘old Carolina. This is the home of Porgy and Bess and Biltmore Mansion, Asheville south’ cities. ✪ 175 miles to Savannah unchanged architecture. It’s also home to many Day 8 > Stone Mountain Park surrounds the world’s Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mountains historic warships at Patriots’ Point Museum. Your largest relief carving depicting Confederate leaders Journey Details home will be in the 32 acres of Lake Aire RV Park & Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson and President Campground. ✪ 115 miles to Charleston Jefferson Davis. Extending to 3,200 acres of natural DEPART Orlando, Tampa or Atlanta ★ Visit Fort Sumter where the first shots of the beauty, the Park offers numerous outdoor DURATION 13 days Civil were fired. www.lakeairerv.com adventures including 15 miles of wooded nature trails and the 1.3 mile trail to the top of Stone DISTANCE 1,661 miles Day 4 > On the way out of Charleston bound for Mountain. ✪ 175 miles to Stone Mountain Myrtle Beach, you should visit one of the much National Park ★ Visit the 825 foot high summit photographed and filmed plantations such as of Stone Mountain by high speed cable car. Boone Hall, Middleton Place or Magnolia Plantation. www.stonemountainpark.com/Campground Day 13 > Return Myrtle Beach is known worldwide as a golf your motorhome destination but, birdies and beaches apart, there’s Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay Photo: Visit Florida The Sponge Factory, Tarpon Springs to the Cruise ✪ so much more in this family resort. 110 miles to America Depot in ★ Day 9 > A long drive today but most of it on Day 11/12 > Interstate 4 to Myrtle Beach Visit Broadway at the Beach with Mercer Home, Savannah Photo: Georgia Dept. of Economic Development Fishing at Daytona Beach Photo: Visit Florida Kissimmee. 350 acres of fun, it is the most popular tourist Interstate 75 and as you will end up on the lovely Disney Fort Wilderness Resort destination in the Myrtle Beach Area with a wide vistas. ✪ 280 miles to Lake Lure ★ Visit Lake Lure the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality Cedar Key, at Sunset Isle RV Park, right in the Gulf of and Campground – for however many nights you range of outstanding activities for visitors of all and spend time in the lake or take in Chimney of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain Mexico...we don’t think you’ll be disappointed. You wish to spend with Mickey Mouse. There is little we ages. www.myrtlebeachtravelpark.com Rock. https://goo.gl/XEbLk3 culture, this is America’s most visited national park! will be really close to the Lower Suwannee National can say about him except that he’s very old, married Spend the next couple of days enjoying all the great Wildlife Refuge. ✪ 385 miles to Cedar Key ★ Visit to Minnie, and between them they have built an Day 5 > A long but rewarding drive west through Day 6/7 > Today make sure you make time to visit attractions that the Smokies have to offer including Cedar Key State Museum. www.cedarkeyrv.com empire that covers a lot of Central Florida! Not to be the countryside of South Carolina. You’re bound for Asheville and the Biltmore Estate, the largest scenic helicopter tours, nature centers, whitewater missed are EPCOT (Pub quiz question: What does the resort area of Lake Lure, in North Carolina, privately owned home in the USA, a truly amazing rafting, Ripley’s Aquarium, Dollywood, Splash Day 10 > Easy drive today to a campground close this stand for? Answer: Experimental Prototype to all Tampa Bay attractions including famous Busch famous for that iconic piece of film, the lake lift in place. You are now heading towards the Great Country and The Titantic Museum. Community of Tomorrow) MGM Grand and Animal Beach at South Carolina Stone Mountain cable car Dirty Dancing. This natural area of scenic beauty gives Smoky Mountains National Park area, world Gardens with its amazing roller-coasters. Kingdom as well as the Magic Kingdom itself. ✪ ★ a lovely end to the day or if you fancy a great view renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, 125 miles to Tampa Visit Tarpon Springs, an ✪ 80 miles to Disney Fort Wilderness. Castillo de San Marcos, St Augustine take a trip to the top of Chimney Rock for amazing interesting Greek sponge diving port. https://goo.gl/289iRB www.baybayou.com

cruiseamerica.com 38 cruiseamerica.com 39 washington, dc to orlando A Great Egret This diverse tour offers it all, the sights and sites of Washington, DC, the chance to explore the many hiking trails, magnificent scenic drives, abundant wildlife viewing and plenty of outdoor activity opportunities at some splendid State Parks, world famous beaches including Virginia Beach, the Outer Banks & Myrtle Beach, time to experience the history and beauty of some charming cities like Savannah and finally ends in the place that can make all your vacation dreams come true, Orlando and its multitude of theme parks! The Wright Brothers Memorial, Kitty Hawk

and 196,000 acres Cunningham Falls Motorhome Itinerary provides unique opportunities for bird watching, State Park Frederick wildlife viewing, discovering the natural world, or MARYLAND Day 1 > There are so many sights and sites you could Shenandoah Valley WASHINGTON DC fill a fortnight in Washington, DC so be sure to spend simply admiring spectacular vistas. ✪ 110 miles to Campground 2/3 (Start) Mount Jackson / Shenandoah ★ Drive the whole WEST a few nights here enjoying all the capital has to VIRGINIA offer before setting off on your motorhome holiday! length of the Skyline Drive with outstanding American 4/5 views at each of the overlooks along the way. Visit Hertiage Visit Capitol Hill, the Washington Monument, the First Landing VIRGINIA RV Park 6/7 Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian and the Dark Hollow Falls and perhaps hike some of the State Park in Shenandoah. Kitty Hawk Kennedy gravesite in Arlington National cemetery 8/9 https://shenandoahfamilycampground.com/ TENNESSEE NORTH RV Park It is just a short drive from Washington, DC to CAROLINA Frederick, Maryland. Surrounded by mountain Days 4/5 > Travel the Skyline Drive south to Tree lined road at historic Wormsloe Plantation, Savannah One of the many beautiful golf courses in Myrtle Beach views, wineries, orchards and vibrant Main Street Waynesboro and just over two hours is 10 Wilmington KOA SOUTH communities. Overnight at Cunningham Falls State Days 11/12 > Time this morning to enjoy emerald tree canopy, quaint cobblestone streets and Williamsburg, one of America’s favorite family CAROLINA 11/12 Myrtle Beach KOA Park located in the picturesque Catoctin Mountains destinations. Take the opportunity to maybe swing North Carolina Battleship Wilmington before heading to Myrtle Beach, a majestic architecture. ✪ 226 miles to Savannah MISSISSIPPI with plenty of outdoor activity opportunities. from the trees at Go Ape; march with Colonial golfer’s paradise, Myrtle Beach boasts 115 courses, ★ Take the time to experience the history, beauty Skyline Drive ✪ 46 miles to Frederick ★ Visitors can hike on the Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums or thrill to world- each designed to protect the natural habitat and and charm of this beloved coastal city. Enroute visit GEORGIA Savannah Skidaway Island State Park Appalachian Trail, visit Maryland’s largest class roller coasters at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, wildlife indigenous to the area. Technically Charleston defined by its cobblestone streets, 13 brewery, and tour a battlefield all in one day. one of the World’s Most Beautiful Theme Park. challenging and aesthetically beautiful, the greens horse-drawn carriages and pastel antebellum Atlantic Ocean https://goo.gl/aJLZW7 ✪ 210 miles to Williamsburg ★ Make time to visit have been created by world-famous architects. houses. LOUISIANA http://gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland/ F L O R D I A historical attractions like Jamestown Settlement ✪ 75 miles to Myrtle Beach going back inland Days 14/15 > Now it’s time to head to Florida - the Days 2/3 > Today you are heading for Shenandoah and Yorktown Victory Center which offer ★ Visit Broadway at the Beach with 350 acres of fun, sunshine state and the world of Orlando. Of course, National Park with over 500 miles of hiking trails hands-on exhibits and displays. it is the most popular tourist destination in the it is beloved for its theme parks: Walt Disney World, ORLANDO http://www.americanheritagervpark.com/ Myrtle Beach Area with a wide range of outstanding 14/15 Universal Orlando® Resort, SeaWorld. ✪ 280 miles KISSIMMEE activities for visitors of all ages. Gulf of Mexico (Finish) Days 6/7 > Spend the next couple of nights http://www.myrtlebeachkoa.com/ to Orlando ★ How many days have you got? Enjoy camping in First Landing State Park where English as much of it as you can… colonists first landed in 1607. Native American Day 13 > Say farewell to South Carolina and hello to http://koa.com/campgrounds/kissimmee/ or Journey Details , Colonial settlers, 20th century schooners Georgia as you travel to beautiful and historic https://goo.gl/289iRB and modern cargo ships have navigated the park’s Savannah. With its pedestrian-friendly layout and Day 16 > It is just 20 miles to return your motorhome DEPART Washington, DC or Orlando waterways and legend has it that Blackbeard hid in innovative urban design, Savannah serves as to the Cruise America depot in Kissimmee. the Narrows. As Virginia’s most-visited state park, it’s Bodie Island Lighthouse a balm for the senses. The city inspires visitors with its DURATION 16 days an oasis within urban Virginia Beach. Ocean or Bay? Days 10 > Take the scenic drive today from the Kitty Peace and quiet or right in the thick of it? Whatever Chicks Beach, Virginia Beach Hawk area down the coast taking the ferries where DISTANCE 1,352 miles it is you desire in a beach, Virginia Beach has it. needed and make your way to Wilmington a Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC ✪ 60 miles to First Landing State Park & Virginia delightful town of Wilmington, with both village Beach ★ Enjoy some time at Virginia Beach with charm and a cosmopolitan lifestyle, the Wilmington its three-mile boardwalk lined with hotels, Historic River District and Island Beaches offers great restaurants and shopping for all ages. dining, unique shops and vibrant nightlife. https://goo.gl/f5EXsS Downtown, stop at a quaint café, take a garden stroll, tour local film sites or board Battleship North Days 8/9 > Leaving Virginia head South to North Carolina. ✪ 261 miles to Wilmington ★ Visit EUE Carolina and the Outer Banks, a 330 mile stretch of Screen Gems Studios where over 400 film, television barrier island beaches, two national seashores and and commercial projects have been shot. dozens of charming small towns, the pristine http://koa.com/campgrounds/wilmington/ landscape of the North Carolina coast is made for relaxation. Explore the seven coastal lighthouses, taste exquisite seafood caught the same day. Witness the mystique of wild horses and native wildlife in picturesque settings. ✪ 80 miles to Kitty Hawk ★ Visit the Wright Brothers Memorial, home of the first powered flight and learn about how the two brothers made it happen then book tickets for America’s oldest outdoor drama set in Manteo on the Outer Banks. http://www.kittyhawkrv.com/Home_Page.php

The LIncoln Memorial, Washington, DC Cycling on Carolina Beach Boardwalk Forsyth Park fountain, Savannah

cruiseamerica.com 40 cruiseamerica.com 41 northeast cities and more best of new england Some of America’s most beautiful scenery is to be found in the countryside of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Charming homes with white picket fences; quaint covered bridges; crashing surf on the rugged Atlantic coast; this itinerary travelling between the well known cities of Philadelphia, Washington, Niagara Falls and New York will bring soaring mountain ranges; sophisticated and stately homes and dining; Colonial history; tea clippers and whaling fleets. a few surprises. You can start and finish this itinerary in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Newark or even Toronto. These are just some of the iconic New England images we’ve tried to bring together in this itinerary of contrasts.

Christopher Columbus statue, Boston

Day 7/8 > Best known to the world as the one-time convenient MBTA commuter rail service in and out VT Mount Blue Motorhome Itinerary home of the US Grand Prix, Watkins Glen State Park TORONTO Lake George Motorhome Itinerary of the city – www.mbta.com). As an alternative, you State Park Lake Ontario Adirondack 9&10 RV Park or Day 1 > Collect your motorhome from Cruise is one of the several parks in New York State’s very Niagara Falls KOA Mountains Adirondack Day 1 > Pick up your motorhome from Cruise may want to start this itinerary here by collecting VERMONT picturesque Finger Lakes area. Camping Village your RV from one of our Boston locations. M AINE Bar America in New York or Newark. It’s approx 80 or 120 Lake Erie Fingers Lake America in Newark and round Long Island Sound Giƒord Woods Beech Hill Harbor ✪ ★ Watkins Glen ✪ ★ State Park Campground KOA 155 miles to Watkins Glen State Park Visit 7&8 M ASS. 55 miles to Plymouth Visit Plymouth Rock on miles respectively to the Blueberry Hill RV Park just NEW Y ORK State Park before heading northeast towards your first NEW Y ORK Seneca Lakes, Sampson and Lodi Point State LONG ✪ which, in legend but maybe fact, the Pilgrims first inland from the superb Atlantic beaches and the world Erie KOA JERSEY CITY ISLAND overnight campground. 160 miles to Preston ARLINGTON NEW Parks as you drive north to south down the Liberty Harbor NN . Hither Hills set foot on what would become America. Camping on the HAMPSHIRE

✪ PENNSYLVANIA CO ★ class entertainment of Atlantic City. 80 miles from RV Park State Park Visit the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport where Battenkill 11 &13 SALISBURY BEACH ★ eastern shore of Lake Seneca. www.pinewoodlodge.com/index.php Beach Rose RV Park New York or 120 from Newark Visit Long BEDFORD NEWARK 12 this flamboyant circus man was once Mayor. www.nysparks.com/parks/142/details.aspx Friendship Village Branch, a favourite beach resort of seven Campground NEW YORK www.hiddenacrescamp.com GARDINER MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON Philadelphia (Start) Day 4 > Head north and bypass the city of Boston. Lazy River PLYMOUTH Presidents and site of Beaux-arts Woodrow Wilson South KOA Campground Pinewood Lodge Day 9/10 > Spanning more than six million acres, NJ An interesting stop would be at Lexington where Day 2 > Back down the scenic eastern shore of the RI Campground Hall. www.atlanticblueberryrvp.com MARYLAND ATLANTIC CITY the Adirondacks boast hundreds of miles of scenic Thames to visit Mystic Seaport. This once great the first skirmish started the Revolutionary War and CONNETICUT Scusset Beach Atlantic Blueberry State Reservation Day 2 > It’s a short drive inland to the recommended roads so designated for providing motorists with VIRGINIA RV Park whaling port and shipyard for fast clippers is a where Sam Adams and John Hancock were WASHINGTON, DC NEW PRESTON immediate access to the region’s incredible awakened by Paul Revere on the most famous of his Hidden Acres campsite which, in turn, is just twelve miles from College Park Atlantic Ocean splendid living outdoor museum with many old JERSEY landscapes and towns. There are no park fees to Campground rides. Another surprising stop would be at North NEW YORK Campground the ‘birthplace’ of the nation and the historical sites ships and examples of New England life two (Start) of Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical enter, no gates that close at night, just wilderness hundred years ago. ✪ 125 miles to Scusset Beach Salem in New Hampshire which is the site of ✪ Park. ✪ 60 miles to Philadelphia ★ Visit and the promise of adventure. Explore the hiking Journey Details State Reservation in Sandwich ★ Visit Newport, America’s 4,000 year old Stonehenge. 145 miles Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and the many trails of the famed Adirondack High Peaks and Rhode Island, where the massive summer to Salisbury Beach ★ Visit Salem Massachusettes, Journey Details unwind in the pristine lakes of the remote the site of the infamous witchcraft trials in 1692. other sites in ‘The City of Brotherly Love’. DEPART New York, Newark, mansions of the Vanderbilts and others were the https://koa.com/campgrounds/philadelphia-south/ wilderness. Discover why the Adirondack Washington, DC, setting for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s – and Robert www.beachroservpark.com DEPART Newark, New York, Mountains are like no other place on earth as you Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City Philadelphia or Toronto Redford’s – The Great Gatsby. Boston North or South Day 5 > Briefly returning to New Hampshire, the Day 3 > College Park is home to not only the enjoy your own camping adventure under the stars. https://goo.gl/Pcr6AB closest RV resort to Washington, DC but also the Day 5 > Presque Isle State Park attracts several ✪ 255 miles to Lake George ★ Take a ride on an DURATION 14 days itinerary brings you to Maine and the dramatic and DURATION 11 days world’s oldest continuously operating airport which million visitors each year to its beaches and nature Adirondack Scenic Byway, and explore the lakes, ­Day 3 > A loop to visit the Kennedy family’s home scenic Atlantic coastline. The destination is Bar DISTANCE 1,380 miles was founded by the Wright brothers a hundred trails. As the name suggests, this ‘almost-an-island’ mountains, history and fall festivals that make DISTANCE 1,530 miles town of Hyannis and the John F. Kennedy Museum Harbor on Mt Desert Island and surrounded by the years ago. Both DC public transportation and is a sandy peninsula jutting out into Lake Erie and Northern New York such a popular destination would be a good idea before heading north again, cliffs and seascapes of Acadia National Park. scheduled sightseeing buses serve the campground. needing several lighthouses to warn of its presence. for leaf peepers. bound for Plymouth where the Mayflower landed ✪ 235 miles to Bar Harbor ★ Visit Abbe Museum ✪ 225 miles to Erie ★ Visit the rides and slides of at Sieur de Monts Spring and take the ferry to ✪ 120 miles to College Park for Washington, DC http://www.lakegeorgervpark.com/about/ or the Pilgrims in 1620. Just south is Plimoth Camp site is just 23 miles on Waldameer Park and Water World or Lake Erie Little Cranberry Island. ★ Visit Capitol Hill, the Washington Monument, http://www.adirondackcampingvillage.com Plantation, a serious recreation of the Pilgrim’s 1627 at Gardiner. ✪ 140 miles wineries. www.koa.com/campgrounds/erie www.koa.com/campgrounds/bar-harbor-oceanside the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian, the village and way of life. (To explore the historic and to Lazy River ★ Visit the Day 11 > Back into New Jersey on a half day drive Kennedy gravesite in Arlington National interesting city of Boston, we suggest you extend former homes of the Day 6 > The route to Niagara Falls follows the Lake towards the metropolitan New York area. The Day 6 > Inland to Maine’s capital Bangor and then Cemetery and enough other sights and sites to fill your stay at this campground and use the Roosevelts in Hyde Park. Erie shore and bypasses the city of Buffalo. When destination campground faces Ellis Island, the on into the state’s picturesque interior. The a fortnight! www.cherryhillpark.com The house of Franklin D Roosevelt Photo: Visit Maine www.lazyriverny.com not taking in the majesty of the Falls themselves, Statue of Liberty and the skyline of Manhattan destination is the Mount Blue State Park and its campsite. Opt for one of the campsites in one of the Day 4 > Bedford, Pennsylvania, is a great place to this international resort that has many attractions across the Hudson River. From the campsite, campground. Moose and other wildlife live here as state parks such as Gifford Woods or Ricker Pond Day 11 > Time to return break the drive up to the shores of Lake Erie. The including Martin’s Fantasy Island right next door to Manhatten is easily reached by ferry or subway. well as numerous red squirrels and the more elusive State Park. ✪ 125 miles to the Gifford Woods State your motorhome. whole town is designated a National Historic District the campsite. (If you are starting the tour from the Either ride is little longer than fifteen minutes black bear and coyote. ✪ 160 miles to Mount Blue Park ★ Visit world famous Dartmouth College on 75 miles to Cruise and as the suggested campsite tells you, there are Cruise Canada Toronto depot, drive directly to the making this the ideal base to explore NYC – State Park ★ Visit picturesque Webb Beach and your way through Hanover. America’s location Niagara Falls Campground.) ✪ 115 miles to Niagara nearby Center Hill. Children enjoy a visit to the Get your bear hugs here! more covered bridges than traffic lights around location is everything! ✪ 210 miles to Jersey City Covered Bridge Photo: Pennsylvania Tourism serving Newark. Falls ★ Visit - Canada! The Falls are even more park’s Nature Center. www.campwithme.com https://vtstateparks.com/gifford.html here. ✪ 140 miles to Friendship Village, Bedford ★ Visit New York City. A Broadway play, a super fashionable Hamptons bound for the State Park spectacular on the Canadian side. You can walk ★ Visit Old Bedford Village and Fort Bedford restaurant or just a sightseeing wander. For a campsite in Hither Hills. ✪ 120 miles to Hither Hills Day 9 > Probably no one captured the golden age across the Rainbow Bridge or two other crossings. Day 7 > As you cross into New Hampshire again, www.friendshipvillagecampground.com taste of the real New York we recommend the State Park ★ Visit Fire Island National Seashore. of Americana more memorably than Norman A trip aboard the famous Maid of the Mist is not the mountains get higher. Many you’ll be passing Dozen Apples tour by subway and foot via Real www.nysparks.com/parks/122/ Rockwell. Many of the covers he created for the to be missed. are 4,000 or 5,000 feet high with Mount NewYork Tours. www.libertyharborrv.com Saturday Evening Post in the 40s and 50s were www.koa.com/campgrounds/niagara-falls-new-york Washington, at 6,288 feet, dominating the dramatic Day 13 > Back down the other side of Long Island. If painted at home in Arlington, Vermont. His home is Acadia National Park Photo: Visit Maine scenery as you drive further into the White Day 12 > Long Island is your airport reading included Nelson Demille, you’ll ✪ Mountain National Forest. Your overnight stop now The Inn on Covered Bridge Green. 60 miles a very delightful already be familiar with the villages and bays you’ll ★ should be planned at the Beech Hill Campground To Arlington Visit the Norman Rockwell contrast to the city and see signposted alongside Long Island Sound. near Bethlehem. ✪ 100 miles to Bethlehem ★ Visit Exhibition. www.campingonthebattenkillvt.com the further you drive Overnight is back in Jersey City for fun in New York the summit of Mount Washington on the 1869 away from New York the and a very easy drive back to Cruise America in the Day 10 > Your route takes you into New York State coal-fired cog railway. Fine French dining can be greater that contrast is. morning. ✪ 20 miles back to Liberty Harbor and follows the Hudson River south. This will bring found in pretty Bethlehem. www.beechhill.com Out past JFK ★ Visit Manhattan again for a last night you to Hyde Park. This was the birthplace and home International and along celebration of a memorable tour and don’t Day 8 > Soon after crossing into Vermont, you’ll of Franklin D Roosevelt and where both he and wife the Atlantic Coast, the forget to check out the view at night from the approach the year round resort surrounding Eleanor are buried. As a thought for lunch, the route takes you Top of the Rock! www.libertyharborrv.com Killington Peak. There’s a lot to see and do here Culinary Institute of America is also located here through Shinnecock before moving on to the suggested overnight and four gourmet restaurants are open by

Photo: Pennsylvania Tourism Pennsylvania Photo: Hills and then the very Day 14 > 30 miles and drop off your motorhome. reservation. Your Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Lazy River State Capitol, Washington Niagara Falls Flagship Niagara, Lake Erie Boston seafront

cruiseamerica.com 42 cruiseamerica.com 43 minnesota wildlife the great lakes music tour Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” where the headwaters of the Mississippi River & Lake Superior are located. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Chicago for the blues, Detroit’s ‘Motown’ and Cleveland where “Rock and Roll” was born are the With 85,000 miles of coastline, 66 state parks, 57 state forests & 2 National forests this truly is a tour for those wanting to musical centers we’ve combined with Toronto and Niagara Falls in this classic two nation itinerary.

get close to nature and view an abundance of wildlife, including the internationally renowned eagle, wolf & black bear wildlife centers. Inland Seas Maritime Museum

Day 6/7 > Depart for Duluth via the North Shore Boundary Waters Lake Huron Leisure Time ONTARIO Motorhome Itinerary Area Motorhome Itinerary Scenic Drive, an All-American Road, along the coast WISCONSIN MICHIGAN Park Wilderness of Lake Superior. The 154 mile North Shore scenic Ely Day 1/2 > Collect your Cruise America motorhome Day 1 > Pick up your motorhomeFAIRBANKS from the Cruise Lake TORONTO Lake Ontario Michigan from our depot in Minneapolis and then it’s not a coastal seashore drive is truly dramatic. Lake America depot in Chicago4/5 and head east around Niagara Falls Campark Bearhead River’s long drive to your base camp for the next couple of Superior encompasses 8 state parks and brims with Bemidji KOA Lake SP the shores of Lake Michigan,Edge out of Illinois into Caloma/ DETROIT BUFFALO Resort St Joseph Greeneld KOA natural wonder. Spend some time exploring Duluth 3 Delta KOA nights at the Minneapolis Southwest KOA in Indiana. As you cross the state line,Junction you will come to NEW Y ORK known for its rocky shoreline and Canal Park with CHICAGO Lake Erie Jordan. Tour the “Twin Cities” of Minneapolis & Saint 7/8 Gary, birthplace of MichaelRiley Cree Jackson.k Then cross ✪ Itasca Cloquet/ Denali NP 2/3 Campground (Start) Paul which is one of the greenest metropolitan its iconic Aerial Lift Bridge. 120 miles to Duluth SP Duluth KOA Lake into Michigan,and Preser veand to your first overnight stop, PENNSYLVA NIA ★ Suggested stops include Split Rock Lighthouse Superior Chicago areas in America with over 1,000 lakes & 400 parks 6/7 minutes from Lake Michigan’s superb beaches. Your Northwest KOA TOLEDO CLEVELAND Historic Site and Gooseberry Falls State Park. MINNESOTA Mt McKinley Stony Ridge KOA Woodside Lake including Mississippi National River & Recreation KOA campground is also close to St. Joseph where INDIANA Campground Appreciate the areas beauty & wilderness by hiking OHIO Area and the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway. Visit the the Curious Kids Museum “encourages discovery, Toronto CN Tower, Tolsona 7/8 Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and if time permits The Superior Hiking Trail. https://goo.gl/fn8in3 wonder and awe”. ✪ 110 milesGLENNALLEN to Coloma/StWilderness Joseph Campground the adjoining Walker Art Center. Allow a full day’s ★ VisitChicago the for National the blues, Parks Detroit’s Service’s ‘Motown’ Indiana and Dunes Wildwater Kingdom all close to your campsite. Journey Details Day 8 > Drive to Mt View RV Park www.woodsidelake.com visit to Mall of America for some serious shopping. WISCONSIN or theCleveland WarrenANCHOR whereAG DunesE “Rock State and Park Roll” along was born the are way. the Wabasha following Jay VALDEZ As one of the most visited tourist destinations in musicalwww.koa.com/campgrounds/coloma(Sta centersrt) we’ve combined with Toronto and DEPART Chicago or Toronto Cooke state park, Veterans Golden Nugget 9/10 Ferry Bear Paw Day 6 > If you have children on board, or just if you the world, Mall of America features - 520 stores, 50 Niagara Camper Falls Park in this classic two nation itinerary. RV Park are young at heart, do stop after 80 or so miles at Evergreen Memorial Scenic Day 2 > On the wayStoney to Detroit, Creek the home of DURATION 8 days restaurants and attractions galore, including MINNEAPOLIS St Paul Drive, Saint Croix National 8 RV Park Cedar Point Amusement Park, The Roller Coaster Nickelodeon Universe, the nation’s largest indoor (Start) ‘Motown’, you’ll pass by Battle Creek which is where a Scenic Riverway, first among the Pioneer Capital of the World! There’s much more here but DISTANCE 1,310 miles (2,110 kms) theme park. ✪ 55 miles to Jordan ★ Take a 1/2 Campsite certain Dr. Kellogg invented cold breakfasts. ‘Full nation’s Wild Scenic Rivers, and Great Minneapolis Resort the roller coasters attract visitors from every part of paddlewheel cruise on the Mississippi River. South West KOA Blast’ is an exciting water-park. Your campsite is just River Road, a National Scenic Byway. ✪ 250 miles 8 the world. After the thrills, it’s only another hour on Maybe tour the city by bike – rated top bicycling The Old Barn a half hour drive from Detroit and close to the Henry to Wabasha ★ Suggested stops include the Resort to Stony Ridge KOA to overnight. ✪ 130 miles to city in the US by Bicycling magazine. Stock up at Ford Museum, a huge complex dedicated to the Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway historic river towns of Stillwater and Red Wing. Artic Ring of Life, Detroit Zoo Photo: Bill Bowen Toledo East ★ Visit the Inland Seas Maritime all the shops on your visit to Mall of America and motor industry. ✪ 175 miles to KOA Greenfield, www.pioneercampsite.com Museum at Vermillion which is dedicated to the remember there’s no sales tax on clothing or Head Lake State Park, recently voted America’s Journey Details Detroit ★ Visit the Arctic Ring of Life at Detroit Its eight locks raise ships and enable them to favourite park in a nationwide campaign sponsored Zoo. At 4.2 acres, it’s the world’s largest polar bear bypass the 173 feet high Niagara Falls. Your fascinating history of shipping. shoes in Minnesota! https://goo.gl/nPUMdf Day 9 > Visit the National Eagle Center in Wabasha. by Coca-Cola. ✪ 210 miles to Ely ★ From the Bear exhibit and features the only Polar Passage, a 70 campground is just ten minutes from the Falls and www.koa.com/campgrounds/toledo Four eagles reside at the center and interactive DEPART Minneapolis Day 3 > Today you drive to Itasca State Park, Center windows and observation deck, watch feet long long clear tunnel in which visitors can that’s where you should take the famous Maid of exhibits explain the biology of the eagle, the Day 7 > Back to Chicago in 4 hours, crossing the headwaters of the Mississippi River and Minnesota’s three live bears in a 2 acre wooden enclosure with DURATION 10 days get closer to diving and swimming polar bears the Mist boat tour. ✪ 105 miles to Niagara Falls, cultural history of the eagle, its significance as a state of Michigan. Your campground was chosen oldest state park. Enjoy the park’s 100 lakes, 32,000 pond. Enjoy some fun activities at the Wolf Center and seals than anywhere else on earth. Ontario ★ Visit Niagara on the Lake and at least national symbol and its importance to American because it’s a very quick and easy drive back to acres and walk across the mighty Mississippi as it including night-time howling with the wolves! DISTANCE 1,160 miles www.detroitgreenfield.com one of the nearby world class wine producers Indian cultures. Minnesota has over 1,300 nesting Cruise America in the morning. But there’s fun to starts its winding journey 2,552 miles to the Gulf of https://goo.gl/WrkdSw such as Chateau des Charmes and golfer Mike pairs of eagles and Wabasha has one of the largest be had right next door at ‘Wild West Town’! This Mexico. ✪ 235 miles to Itasca State Park Day 3 > Cross from the centre of Detroit by bridge or Weir’s estate. www.campark.com Getting ready for a spot of fishing concentrations of wintering bald eagles in the attraction includes a full service restaurant and is ★ Visit the Itasca Indian Cemetery or Wegmann’s Day 5 > Explore the Boundary Waters Canoe Area tunnel into Canada. You will pass through Chatham, nation. Drive Bluff Country with soaring, wooded fun for adults and children alike on your last night. Cabin, landmarks of centuries gone by. Explore Wilderness (BWCAW) on a day canoe trip, a 1.09 London and Cambridge, even cross the River Day 5 > Cross back into the United States and, million acre wilderness area within the Superior bluffs and charming river towns to stop off at along passing Buffalo, take the interstate bound for ✪ 260 miles to Union, Chicago Northwest Wilderness Drive past the 2,000 acre Wilderness Mount Blue Thames, to reach your multi- award-winning the way. These scenic river valleys offer plenty to ★ Visit the Illinois Railway Museum. It’s America’s sanctuary. www.koa.com/campgrounds/bemidji/ National Forest. National Geographic magazine State Park campground for tonight, located just 20 miles from Cleveland. This is another place where you may wish rated it among 50 places of a lifetime that any see and do, with antique shops, wineries and apple VERMONT Toronto. ✪ 285 miles to Ontario, Toronto to extend your stay but make a start with the largest and also in Union. Bar www.koa.com/campgrounds/chicago Day 4 > Today you drive to Ely, named America’s serious world traveller must visit. This is a roadless orchards. There are many Amish homesteads in the Beech Hill M AINE Harbor ★ Visit the CN Tower, until 2007 the world’s tallest startling I.M. Pei design for the Rock and Roll Hall of Campground KOA coolest small town by Budget Travel magazine. Visit wilderness accessible only by canoe or kayak! area, and shops carry their quilts. ✪ 65 miles freestanding structure. www.leisuretime.ca Fame and Museum, allow plenty of time to wallow ★ NEW Y ORK Day 8 > Only a 15 mile drive to return your the North America Bear Center which provides a ✪ 100 miles to campground ★ Try your hand at Watch eagles soaring overhead, perching in NEW in the soundtrack of your life. Woodside Lake motorhome to Cruise America today or better still detailed insight into the lives of the black bears fishing which is a popular activity. Game species trees or fishing along the river from the vastWhite River Valley HAMPSHIRE Day 4 > Toronto may well be somewhere you’ll campground is south of the city near other Campground SALISBURY BEACH extend your trip to enjoy a night or 2 in the that roam Minnesota’s northern woods. Also includes pike, smallmouth bass, yellow perch & windows of the new facility at the Eagle Center or Beach Rose RV Park choose to extend your stay but, if you’re carrying attractions. ✪ 230 miles to Streetsboro/Cleveland GARDINER “Windy City”! by the riverside observation deck. Niagara Cave & MASSACHUSETTS on, you’re headed round Lake Ontario bound for ★ located at Ely is the International Wolf Center, lake trout. Maybe you will even spot some beavers, Lazy River PLYMOUTH Visit Presque Isle State Park near Erie on your Mystery cave tours are other area highlights.Campground ARLINGTON Pinewood Lodge featuring a resident wolf pack and offering a variety bears, moose or bald eagles. Camping on the Campground Niagara Falls. Along the way, you should see the way from Niagara and Aurora Farms Battenkill of educational programs. Tonight you camp at Bear www.canoecountry.com/stay/campgrounds.htm Tonight you are camping at the Old Barn Resort & RI Welland Canal which links Lakes Erie and Ontario. Premium Outlet Mall, Geauga Lake and CONNETICUT Scusset Beach River’s Bend golf course in charming Lanesboro. State Reservation www.barnresort.com NEW PRESTON JERSEY Hidden Acres Day 10 > It’s an early start to drive the 125 miles NEW YORK Campground (Start) back to the Cruise America depot in Minneapolis, unless you have booked the Earlybird departure so you have until 3pm!

The Motown Museum, Detroit Photo: Motown Historical Museum

The Mall of America A black bear at the North America Bear Center, Ely The Wolf Center, Ely Gooseberry Falls, North shore, Lake Superior Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Photo: Ohio Division of Travel and Tourism Niagara Falls Cedar Point Theme Park Photo: Cleveland Tourism

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classic ontario circle tour classic québec From neon to nature; discover the diversity of Ontario from vibrant cities to breathtaking scenery, historic sights ‘’Best known for its unique cities of Montreal and Québec which combine hundreds of years of history with Gallic charm and iconic highlights to include the thundering Niagara Falls on this suggested itinerary. and superb year round festivals, the Classic Québec tour introduces you to unexpected sites, spectacular scenery and some memorable wildlife and experiences. Each region suggested has a very different feel and lots of character and fun to explore.’’

Saint-Henri-de-Taillon Campground located just outside the park will be FAIRBANKS Algonquin L’Anse-Saint-Jean Saint-Henri-de-Taillon Motorhome Itinerary your home for the next couple of nights. The Park Provincial Park Motorhome Itinerary FAIRBANKS Ottawa River’s Hautes-Gorges- Edge Day 1/2 > After an overnight stay collect your Cruise offers hiking trails and canoe routes for all ability Day 1/2 > Collect your Cruise de-la-RivireCanada motorhome L’Anse-Saint-Jean Georgian Huntsville Resort River’s Algonquin Trails Malbaie NP Delta Edge levels. Watch for wildlife too - sightings are plentiful Bay 5/6 7/8 8 Junction Canada motorhome from Toronto. It’s an easy two Campground Popular Grove from Montréal and then it is an easy drive to Mont- Hautes-Gorges- Resort ✪ Wasaga Lake Campsite Delta hour drive to the thundering Niagara Falls. Base here! Cameras are a must! 110 Miles to Tremblant National Park, an ideal place to start your Riley Creek de-la-Rivire Junction Pines Muskoka Denali NP Campground Malbaie NP 3/4 Centre 8 Algonquin Provincial Park ★ Cruise on the RMS Resort Jacques-Cartier NP and Preserve Riley Creek yourself at Riverside Park Campground alongside ONTARIO holiday in Québec.Adve ntur Basee yourself at the Lac Monroe Denali NP Campground Segwun, the oldest operating steamship in the Mattawin and Preserve the beautiful upper Niagara River, only minutes from campground for a couple of days to enjoy the large Mt McKinley Centre world, based in Gravenhurst. Barrie Lake Simcoe Kingston Adventure Jacques-Cartier NP the Falls. See the Falls from various vantage points. variety of activities4/ on5 offer, such as fishing,Québec City hiking Mt McKinley Ivy Lea Camping Mattawin www.algonquintrailscamping.ca Campsite For the ultimate bird’s eye view take a helicopter andLac theMonr uniqueoe La Baie Via Ferrata du Diable, a path that Tolsona Mont- La Maurice GLENNALLEN NP Campground Wilderness Tremblant NP 4/5 Québec City ride over the Falls. Not only is this region famous for allows visitors to cross a sheer rock face. The park is, Campground Camping Tolsona Day 7/8 > Today you’ll travel east to the vibrant city 1/2 La Baie GLENNALLEN Wilderness the Falls, it’s also known for its theatres, golf courses, Lake Ontario however, best explored by canoe – be sure to try Mt View RV Park Lac Monroe Campground of Ottawa, Canada’s federal capital. En route, TORONTO Campground shopping and of course the many wineries in the (Start) Les Méandres du Diable, a route perfect for MAINE ANCHORAGE VALDEZ Mt View RV Park consider white-water rafting near Forester’s Falls. Riverside Park (Start) 1/2 area. The flat terrain means that cycling is a 1/2 Campground beginners. The nearby resort village of Mont- ANCHORAGE VALDEZ Park up at Ottawa’s Popular Grove Campsite, 30 Golden Nugget Ferry Bear Paw (Start) wonderful way to explore the Wine Route, as well as Niagara Falls NEW Y ORK Tremblant hasMONTRÉAL an activity centre from where Camper Park RV Park (Start) Golden Nugget Ferry Bear Paw From neon to nature; discover the diversity of Ontario fromminutes vibrant southwest of Ottawa and relax after a long Stoney Creek M AINE charming small towns like Niagara on the Lake. activities such as rafting, horse riding, golf, sailing RV Park Camper Park RV Park cities to breathtaking scenery, historic sights and iconic drive.highlights You’ll to need a full day to explore this beautiful V ERMONT MONTRÉAL Stoney Creek ✪ 80 miles to Riverside Park Campground ★ Take Algonquin Park and rock climbing can be booked. (Start) city, which is home to many cultural and historical RV Park a Journeyinclude Behind the thundering the Falls Niagara or an iconic Falls onboat this cruise suggested itinerary. ✪ 90 miles to Mont-Tremblant National Park sites, galleries and museums. Take time to cruise, experience. Once inside the fortification’s wooden Journey Details VERMONT in the swirling waters below. Watch a thrilling IMAX ★ Visit the lively town of Saint-Sauveur en route, stroll or cycle along the Rideau Canal, a spectacular gates you will enter a marvellous reproduction of movie and get an adrenaline rush with Whirlpool DEPART Toronto for its excellent restaurants, outlet shopping and focal point of the city and a UNESCO World Heritage 19th century military life. Journey Details Jet Boats. www.riversidepark.net www.koa.com/campgrounds/ivy-lea water park. www.sepaq.com/pq/mot/ Jacques Cartier NP Photo: Jean-Pierre Huard Site. Meander around ByWard Market in downtown DURATION 11 days Ottawa and take in the sights, sounds and smells of the traditional mode of transport for the Coureurs Visit Parc Aventure Cap Jaseux to experience the DEPART Montreal Day 3/4 > Today you’ll make the journey to Blue Day 10 > The final leg of your adventure will take Day 3 > Today, a short and scenic drive through one of North America’s largest and oldest Farmer’s DISTANCE 955 miles (1,537 kms) des Bois (French Canadian fur traders). fjord from a canopy ropes course or Via Ferrata. Mont-Tremblant NP Mountain. Your next port of call is Wasaga Pines you along the shores of Lake Ontario heading west unspoiled countryside on routes 125 and 347 via DURATION 11 days Markets. ✪ 200 Miles to Popular Grove Campsite www.centredaventuremattawin.ca www.camping4chemins.qc.ca/ (in French only) Resort, on the rugged shores of Georgian Bay. back to Toronto. We recommend that you return Saint-Donat brings you to the Lanaudière region. ★ In this incredible city of museums and galleries, Wasaga Beach is the longest freshwater beach in the your Motorhome early the next morning and spend Spend the afternoon relaxing at a lakeside Day 6 > By a backcountry route, today you’ll arrive Day 8 > Travel south into the Charlevoix region, DISTANCE 1,025 miles (1650 kms) don’t miss the Canadian Museum of Civilization world and the resort is just a few minutes away so a night or two in one of the city’s many hotels. Your campground. ✪ 85 miles to Mandeville ★ For a at one of Québec’s natural wonders, Lac Saint-Jean. where the highest rock faces east of the Canadian and National Gallery of Canada. Let your interests make sure you pack your swimwear. The crystal clear holiday will end on a high in Canada’s hip and special treat before you leave Mont-Tremblant, So large it is essentially an inland sea, explore its Rockies afford dramatic views. Spend at least one guide you - Canadian Museum of Nature, Royal waters of Georgian Bay are synonymous with water happening metropolis of cool. This city does not take a helicopter ride to view Québec’s vast and warm waters, sandy beaches and stunning coastline full day in the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie Canadian Mint and more! four hours but to better appreciate the atmosphere activities such as kayaking and even shipwreck disappoint - everything from world-class arts and pristine forests, at their most vibrant in late from the Pointe-Taillon National Park. Be sure to National Park to hike the majestic Acropole des www.ottawaspoplargrovecamp.com of the old town, stay a night to enjoy a romantic diving! You’re not far from Blue Mountain Resort culture, shopping, dining 24/7, entertainment and September/early October when the maple leaves visit Val-Jalbert, a preserved company town from Draveurs trail. Visitors can also fish for speckled dinner at one of the city’s top restaurants and an pedestrian village. ✪ 160 Miles to Wasaga Pines family fun. For the ultimate view of the city and turn brilliant shades of red, orange and gold. the 1920s and the wildlife park at Saint-Félicien. ✪ trout or cycle the 16km route through the park. Day 9 > Travel south along the Rideau Heritage evening stroll. ✪ 215 miles to Montréal, via Resort ★ Visit nearby Blue Mountain Resort, which beyond, take the trip to the top of the CN Tower. www.campinglabaie.com 170 miles to Saint-Henri-de-Taillon ✪ 105 miles to Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière- Route and stop off at charming towns and historic Québec City ★ Visit Place Royale, the citadel and offers a variety of outdoor adventures - including And take time to wander round the many ★ Cycle the Véloroute des Bleuets (Blueberry Malbaie National Park ★ Stop en route at Saint- locks on your way to the 1000 Islands. Day 4/5 > La Mauricie National Park of Canada is fortifications. Ridge Runner Mountain Coaster, Scenic Caves multicultural neighbourhoods dotted around the Cycle Route), a paved road that encircles Lac Aimé-des-Lacs for black bear observation. Ivy Lea Campsite is perfectly located right in the another exceptional spot to spend a few days in www.koa.com/campgrounds/montreal-south/ Nature Adventures, cycling and various golfing city, including six Chinatowns, Portugal Village, Saint-Jean. www.campingbelley.com/ (in French www.sepaq.com/pq/hgo/ heart of the 1000 Islands, set amid the granite and Kayaking the Rideau Canal. Ottawa Québec’s great outdoors. Try the excursion to options. https://goo.gl/YG1GgJ Greek Town, Little India and Little Italy. ✪ 190 Miles only) or www.damenterre.qc.ca/index greenery of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve. Waber Falls - picnic and swim at one of the park’s Day 11 > After breakfast it is 40 mile journey to to Toronto KOA West ★ If you have time, stop off in Day 9 > Discover the heart of the Charlevoix on the Day 5/6 > Jump back on board and journey It’s a haven for boating, scuba diving, sailing, most beautiful waterfalls after travelling on foot return your motorhome to the Cruise Canada Prince Edward County and take a detour along The Day 11 > Drive approximately 40 miles to return Day 7 > The most southerly fjord in North America, Route des Saveurs, a flavour trail highlighting the through Ontario’s playground, Muskoka, known for kayaking and more. Explore the exquisite beauty of and by canoe. Base yourself at Centre d’Aventure Montréal depot or better still, if time permits, Taste Trail. Drive bucolic back roads along the self- your motorhome to Cruise Canada in Bolton. Then the Saguenay Fjord is characterised by its dramatic region’s many gastronomic delights. Stop in Baie- its sparkling lakes, dramatic landscape and quaint the 1000 Islands on a cruise and sail past tree-clad Mattawin, an adrenaline activity centre that offers extend your trip guided route linking restaurants, artisanal food why not extend your stay in Toronto and really get rock walks. One of the best views of the fjord can be Saint-Paul for lunch and visit one of the many local towns. You’re heading northeast to the famous isles, palatial waterfront homes and quaint island rafting and canyoning, as well as the lesser known in Québec to visit producers, and wineries. Also home to one of to explore the city to the max. ★ For the ultimate had from the lovely village of Sainte-Rose-du-Nord. art galleries. Arrive later at Jacques-Cartier National Algonquin Provincial Park. Set in a truly beautiful, cottages. The historic city of Kingston isn’t far away. sport of hydroluging. ✪ 75 miles to Rivière the Gaspésie Canada’s best beaches, Sandbanks Provincial Park. adrenalin rush, make sure you brave the EdgeWalk! Allow for a full day in the area to sail, cruise or kayak Park, one of Québec’s most spectacular parks, only quintessentially Canadian spot surrounded by ✪ 175 Miles to Ivy Lea Campsite ★ Stop off at Fort Matawin ★ Explore the park by Rabaska canoe, Peninsula. www.koa.com/campgrounds/toronto-west 356m above ground level, step outside and walk in search of the white beluga whales that call the thirty minutes from the provincial capital. While towering pine trees, the Algonquin Trails Henry for the ultimate Canadian historic which at 8 meters long holds 10 people and was the full circumference of The CN Tower. fjord home. ✪ 95 miles to L’Anse-Saint-Jean ★ there, be sure to paddle the incredible Vallée de la Jacques-Cartier. ✪ 150 miles to Jacques-Cartier National Park ★ Visit the Wendake Hurons Village to learn about Québec’s First Nations people. www.sepaq.com/pq/jac/

Day 10 > No visit to the province would be complete without a stop in Québec City. Arguably North America’s most charming city, Québec City is the only remaining walled city north of Mexico. Its walls contain charming cobbled lanes brimming Mont-Tremblant village with cosy bistros, unusual boutiques and historic sites. We recommend a stop of a minimum of

View of the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre from Toronto Island Niagara Falls Muskoka Chairs overlooking Lake of Two Rivers, Algonquin Provincial Park Via Feratta at Cap Jaseux, Saguenay Photo: Charles-David Robitaille Quebec City Photo: Claude Bouchard

cruisecanada.com 46 cruisecanada.com 47 best of canada’s west vancouver island add-on Western Canada is the best place to explore the great outdoors and nature’s wonders and this tour includes the heart of it all, the splendour of the Rocky Mountains. This short trip would make the perfect ending to your holiday following a Western Canada tour; six or more nights to There is so much to see and do, enjoy fabulous cosmopolitan Vancouver, experience a wildlife tour or take a soothing soak in hot springs! Then just sit back and take get that feel of the sea and the lives of people who rely on it. Explore the beaches where seals and sea lions frolic offshore, in the glorious views of the majestic snow capped mountains and those pristine turquoise lakes. This tour truly has something to offer visitors of all tastes and ages. you might even see killer whale pods and schools of dolphins and porpoises jumping over the cresting waves.

Day­ 4 > A shorter drive today with the chance to visit Day 2 > Once you leave Motorhome Itinerary JASPER Telegraph Cove more of those vineyards! You are heading through (Choice of campgrounds) Ferry crossings the urban/suburban RV Park to Revelstoke, nestled high in the Monashee 7/8 Regarding any ferry crossings: We always areas on today’s drive, Campbell River Day 1 > After picking up your motorhome, head for Jasper NP Ripple Rock RV Park the great Burnaby Cariboo for your first night. It’s Mountains and adjacent to both Mount Revelstoke ALBERTA recommend you book them before you go and the highway climbs over BRITISH COL UMBIA not a long drive but our recommended site is the National Park and Glacier National Park. The year- Wells Gray always book for our largest motorhome, the C30, the rugged Malahat Provincial Park Vancouver round playground of Revelstoke has some of the even if you have reserved a smaller one with us. highlands, made up of Island highest rated in British Columbia and the ideal site 9 from which to explore Vancouver. ✪ 15 Miles to most spectacular scenery in all of Canada. Flanked If we are able to upgrade you to a larger vehicle, volcanic rock covered by CLEARWATER VANCOUVER ★ by the snow-capped peaks of the Selkirk Mountains CALGARY or if force majeure dictates that we must, we 400 year old Douglas fir Burnaby Burnaby Cariboo RV Park Visit the city of 5/6 Qualicum Bay Resort Cariboo Vancouver; one of the most interesting and to the east and the Monashees to the west, Ban NP want you to have that space on the ferry. trees that in colonial days Campsite Columbia Icefield Glacier Lake Louise NANAIMO (Start) Revelstoke was proclaimed The Capital of Canada’s Photo: Brewster Travel Canada were common all around Living Forest Campground beautiful in the world. www.bcrvpark.com Campground ON Alps and was known as The Mountain Paradise in Revelstoke Victoria. The rivers in this KOA Paci c Ocean the early 1900s. ✪ 145 miles to Revelstoke ★ Visit Day 7/8 > The road towards Jasper is BRITISH Campground area have gravel beds, COLUMBIA Motorhome Itinerary SAANICH Salish Seaside ASHINGT Salmon Arm, the gateway from the Okanagan spectacular and framed by peaks rising to left behind from early RV Haven W VANCOUVER Okanagan Lake Day 1 > You need to have checked ferry times and located in the heart of the Shuswap Lake over 12,000 feet. We’re recommending a (Start) 2/3 Provincial Park Campground glaciers and subsequent booked for the Tsawwessen-Swartz Bay Ferry, which recreation area. www.rvcampingrevelstoke.com choice of campsites. See websites below. 1/10/11 erosion, and are home to Burnaby will take you on a ninety minute trip across the The Fairmont Empress Hotel, Inner Harbour, Victoria Photo: Tourism British Columbia ✪ 210 miles to Jasper via Banff ★ Visit Cariboo RV Park thousands of salmon. The Journey Details UNITED STATES Day 5/6 > After approx 3 hours you will arrive in the Athabasca Glacier: the most visited Alaska Marine Highway (www.bcferries.com and Malahat Summit provides a number of stunning here so head back on Highway 19 for just over 26 DEPART Vancouver Lake Louise and we are suggesting the Lake Louise on the North American continent. You transcanadahighway.com/BC/Info-Ferries.htm). vantage points for viewing the Saanich Inlet, which is miles. Ten miles off the highway towards the coast, park campground for your overnight though there can ride out onto the Glacier aboard an Ice Allow four hours to get to the Ferry Terminal in case Journey Details a backwards fjord, facing into the direction of the you’ll find Beaver Cove and Telegraph Cove beyond DURATION 6 days are several to choose from on the website. You will Explorer or take a guided hike on the ice. Whilst in there is traffic and to be in good time to board. The glacial flow. The lowland valleys have lush it. Your RV Park is open all year with all amenities, 70 miles drive shouldn’t take more than two hours return home with stories you will tell over and over Jasper be sure to book The Maligne Lake Cruise DEPART Vancouver or Calgary farmlands, tree farms and orchards, and the rivers ocean views and a marina. ✪ 195 miles to DISTANCE 735 miles (1,185 kms) again about Canada’s iconic Banff/Lake Louise where you will also cruise to Spirit Island, a world- but do leave Burnaby Cariboo RV Resort are home to Steelhead trout of up to a metre in Telegraph Cove including the round trip north to (www.bcrv.co) at an appropriate time. Head south Coal Harbour, Vancouver Photo: Tourism British Columbia National Park. Your experiences here will probably famous destination accessible only by boat and DURATION 12 days length! Still heading north and overlooking the Port Hardy ★ Visit Cormorant Channel Provincial be passed down through generations in family the crown jewel of Jasper National Park, this is an for the Transcanada Highway. You are taking the Straights of Georgia, at Rosewell Creek you may Park on the way to your campsite. Day 2/3 > A long but worthwhile drive as you head DISTANCE 1,235 miles (1,980 kms) albums, as the children - then their children - return iconic photo stop. ferry across to Sannich, in south Vancouver Island. want to turn off Hwy 19 on to 19a, through some of www.telegraphcove.ca/tcv/accom/rvpark.cfm along the Transcanada Highway for the Okanagan to the places their parents have talked about for Jasper: https://reservation.pc.gc.ca/Jasper When you are off your boat, Salish Seaside RV the coastal areas, until you reach Campbell River. Valley. The scenery of the Valley is out of this world. years. It’s almost impossible to take a bad picture Hinton: www.koa.com/campgrounds/hinton Haven is just 20 miles. Take the short crossing on the Campbell River- Day 4 > You’ll still be returning the way you came This area also provides the opportunity to visit many here! Spend some time exploring Banff. (If you are The Salish Seaside RV Haven is unlike any other in Quadra Island ferry north to Quadra Island and on so, if you missed anything on the way north, this is of the Valley’s vineyards in Oliver, Penticton, starting the tour from the Cruise Canada Calgary Day 9 > Drive through magnificent scenery running Canada. Situated right on Victoria’s harbour it has to Ripple Rock RV Park at Browns Bay Resort. Cruise the opportunity to stop now. Provincial Parks along Okanagan Falls, Kelowna… and more. See depot, drive directly to the Lake Louise Campground alongside Wells Gray Provincial Park to your right spectacular views of the city. Open year round it ships on the Discovery Passage go right past Ripple the way past Campbell River include Morton Lake, www.kelownagolfski.com/okanaganwineries.htm or you may prefer to stay in Banff.) ✪ 145 miles to and the Columbia Mountains to your left. You’ll be offers full service sites with easy access to the city Rock RV Park on their way to Alaska and back. Elk Falls and Miracle Beach. You’re headed for the for details. We have chosen the Okanagan Lake Lake Louise ★ Visit the Kicking Horse River where headed for Clearwater which is the final stopover centre. The closest RV Park to Victoria, all the main ✪ 180 Miles to Campbell River ★ Visit the wide Qualicum Bay Resort, by leaving Highway 19 location, just north of Penticton, for this tour. It has it flows below the Natural Bridge in Yoho National on this itinerary before returning to Vancouver. If attractions are a mere five minutes drive away. If you sandy beaches at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial between Qualicum Beach and Fanny Bay. For much two large campgrounds (North & South Park) which Park. Take the scenic drive along the Bow Valley you would like to be near Wells Gray Provincial Park would prefer to not take your vehicle downtown, Park. www.brownbayresort.com/rvpark.htm of the way between Courtenay and Campbell River offer lakeside camping on Okanagan Lake. The Parkway to travel between Banff and Lake Louise, and if you can get in (there are only 13 RV spaces this is not a problem. The jaunty Victoria Harbour the Island Highway runs beside Qualicum Bay, an beautiful beaches are surrounded by ponderosa pines Revelstoke, British Columbia it is a quieter less busy route with plenty of hiking available) then book into Helmcken Falls Lodge & Ferries can take you straight from the park to the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­Day 3 > Located on the northwest tip of Vancouver area rich in seafood. Pullouts beside the road give and sagebrush which make the park a perfect spot trails and vista stops where you can take great RV Park to experience the true outdoor wilderness ✪ ★ Island, Port Hardy is “where the highway ends, and easy access to the bay’s sand and pebble beaches. heart of the city. 60 miles to Saanich Visit shopping, head for your Campground where “The for swimming and water activities. Alternatively to pictures of the mountains. Enjoy a meal or drink at right at the entrance to the Park. ✪ 200 miles to adventure begins.” You might see killer whale pods At several places you can buy fresh seafood, Victoria. The waterfront, the architecture the only thing we overlook is the water!” It’s fifty-three break up the journey, add another day and stop off Banff Springs Hotel and take in the spectacular Clearwater ★ Visit Clearwater; an interesting town and schools of dolphins and porpoises jumping brought to the docks daily from local waters. seafood and everything else that makes British natural acres of oceanfront , forest and riverside and enjoy Harrison Hot Springs. ✪ 210 miles to view. Take a trip on one of the gondolas to at the gateway to Wells Gray Provincial Park. over the cresting waves. Cape Scott Provincial Park, ✪ 185 miles to Qualicom Bay ★ Visit Little Columbia’s capital city such a magnet for tourism with lots to do. ✪ 55 miles to Living Forest in Okanagan ★ Visit the Othello-Quintette Tunnels, Sulphur Mountain and then enjoy a soothing soak Enroute to Clearwater be sure to stop off at Blue which sits on the northern point of the Island, Qualicum Falls. You maybe didn’t expect waterfalls https://www.salishseasidervhaven.com/ Nanaimo ★ Visit The Bastion, the Hudson Bay just outside Hope, to see the complicated system in Banff Hot Springs. River to enjoy the River Safari and the chance to provides a great around here. www.resortbc.com of tunnels and bridges that took the old Kettle www.pccamping.ca/parkscanada spot some bears! www.helmckenfalls.com Day 10/11 > 41/2 hours drive back to Vancouver and opportunity to Company’s old fortress and stop for a drink at the Valley Railroad through the canyon or/and take a the Burnaby Cariboo. We firmly recommend that explore the fourteen Day 5 > It’s only a very short drive today to enjoy (colourfully) historic Palace Hotel. ride on Hell’s Gate Airtram over the Fraser River! ­ you stay at this campground for 3 or 4 nights. Visit mile long beach Vancouver Island’s second city. Nanaimo offers www.campingbc.com www.campokanagan.com www.bcrvpark.com. The campground has a bus where seals and sea natural beauty at every turn, thanks to its location Day 6 > The Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay Ferry stop with a half-hourly service into the city right lions frolic offshore. between Mount Benson and the Straight of (www.bcferries.com) is ten minutes from your outside the door or you can take a 15 minute walk Beachcombers find Georgia. The thriving local arts and music scene has campground; You will need to have booked the and catch the Skytrain. Vancouver is one of our old Native trade something happening every day. History Early Bird Departure Special with Cruise America so favourite cities and it definitely deserves some more beads or a glass enthusiasts will enjoy walking through Nanaimo’s you can return your motorhome in the afternoon of your time. ✪ 295 miles to Vancouver ★ Visit float that has been winding downtown and checking out historic today. Alternatively, spend a few nights back at Stanley Park, the Harbour Centre, Granville Island, swept in on the buildings, many which have been transformed into Burnaby Cariboo Campground. Your ferry crossing the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain waves across the charming shops, restaurants or museums is about two hours and then from Horseshoe Bay and so much more. www.bcrvpark.com Pacific Ocean. Roads particularly in the Old City Quarter. There are also drive back to Cruise Canada’s office in Delta or back only head back abundant shopping opportunities but, for the more Day 12 > Just 15 miles back to the Cruise Canada to Burnaby. 20 miles Nanaimo to Delta plus ferry south-east from energetic, there’s bungy jumping, rock climbing time/30 miles to Cariboo. rental location to return your motorhome. walls and much more. After fun, excitement or just Lake Peyto Killer whale Photo: Tourism British Columbia Kwagiulth Artist painting a drum. Photo: Tourism British Columbia

cruisecanada.com 48 cruisecanada.com 49 scenic splendour of the maritime canada alaska highlights Come and visit the Jewell of Canada that is the maritimes, the 3 provinces of New Brunswick, Alaska offers profoundly beautiful scenery and fantastic opportunities for wildlife viewing, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island each have their own unique cultural identities. The provinces travelling with a motorhome is an amazing way to explore this vast and remote wilderness which are known for their stunning seacoasts, charming lighthouses and the whale migration. is home to Denali National Park and Mount McKinley.

Day 5/6 > This morning Mt. McKinley can be seen if the weather is clear that Cape Breton Kouchibouguac Gulf of FAIRBANKS Motorhome Itinerary take the Bay Ferry over NP St Lawrence Chéticamp Highlands NP Motorhome Itinerary day and a snack lunch is included. In the afternoon Campground 4/5 7/8 Mount Blue Day 1 > After enjoying a couple of nights exploring to the neighbouring PRINCE 12 /13 Day 1 > Collect your Cruise America motorhome continue on the Parks Highway north to Fairbanks. State Park River’s EDWARDISLAND Edge province of New NEW Accompanied by incredible forest and mountainVERMONT Halifax (be sure to include a visit to the Maritime BRUNSWICK Lake from the Anchorage depot and drive northeast on Resort Ainslie Delta 9/10 Bar Junction Brunswick making your Cornwall/ landscape you drive through the communities of M AINE Museum of the Atlantic, with its Titanic artefacts) Charlottetown the Glenn Highway. You’ll pass the townships of Beech Hill Harbor Ferry Campground Riley Creek way along the Fundy Fundy NP KOA McKinnons Healy, Nenana and by the community of Ester, an old KOA make your way to the Cruise Canada Halifax depot Campground Eagle River and Chugiak and continue on towards Denali NP 2/3 Campground NEW Y ORK and Preserve Coast to the Fundy Trail Saint 5/6 gold mining camp. ✪ 125 miles ★ Enjoy the wildlife to collect your motorhome. Enjoy a gentle drive John Pictou Palmer, which is about an hours drive from NEW Chignecto North A Parkway. Breathtaking tour with some luck you may seeWhite bears, River V alleycaribou, HAMPSHIRE Mt McKinley ALASKA along the south shore and be enriched by the Bay of NOVA SCO TIA Anchorage. As you head through the Eklutna Flats, Campground Fundy SALISBURY BEACH vistas, flora, and fauna Ferry Jeremys Bay moose, sheep, wolves and a variety of birds. ANAD Beach Rose RV Park C amazing ocean views, visit the charming coastal Campground enjoy the towering vistas of the Chugach and GARDINER communities of Peggys’ Cove, Chester & Mahone abound in this multi- 3/4 HALIFAX Talkeetna Mountains, and catch a glimpse of Pioneer www.riversedge.net/fairbanks-RV-park.htmMASSACHUSETTS PLYMOUTH Tolsona 7/8 Digby Lazy River GLENNALLEN Wilderness use coastal experience (Start) Campground ARLINGTON Pinewood Lodge Bay before pressing onto the town of Lunenburg Lunenburg Peak, the closest peak in the distance. ✪ 45 miles Campground Campground Kejimkujik Camping on the Campground Day 6 > Today you head to Paxson/Glennallen,Battenkill that is a UNESCO world heritage site. ✪ 95 kms to hugging New NP ★ For a closer view of Knick Glacier take an airboat RI Mt View RV Park Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island Scusset Beach ANCHORAGE Brunswick’s majestic following the Richardson until Delta Junction.CONNETICUT Just VALDEZ Lunenburg ★ Don’t Forget Your Camera, the tour by taking the Old Glenn Highway exit and State Reservation (Start) outside of Fairbanks you drive by North Pole, the Bay of Fundy – One of Golden Nugget Peggy’s Cove lighthouse is the most photographed drivingAlaska to offers Knick profoundly Glacier Adventures beautiful scenery about and20 fantastic opportunities for wildlife viewing, PRESTON 9/10 Ferry Bear Paw Hopewell Rocks at low tide, Fundy Bay home of North America’s Santa Claus.NEW In Delta Camper Park RV Park the Marine Wonders of the World. As you drive JERSEY Hidden Acres lighthouse in Canada! If time permits take a milestravelling from Palmer. with a motorhome www.mtviewrvpark.com is an amazing way to explore this vast and remote wilderness which Campground Stoney Creek along the 11km coastal roadway take time to stop Junction take the Richardson Highway NEWand Y driveORK Scenic Boat Tour: Cruise out to see nesting arctic Day 9/10 > Today you cross over the Confederation Journey Details is home to Denali National Park and Mount Mckinley. (Start) 8 RV Park south towards Paxson/Glennallen. ✪ 180 miles puffins, seals, and the occasional whale! at the observations decks, you might just catch sight Bridge and onto Prince Edward Island, home of Day 2/3 > Today you head from Palmer to Denali DEPART Halifax ★ The Copper River has world class salmon www.lunenburgns.com/campground of whales! After enjoying some time here it is time Anne of Green Gables. If you have ever read the National Park continuing on the Parks Highway you Prince William Sound Photo: Travel Alaska fishing, if you don’t feel like fishing there is hiking, to set off to Fundy National Park. Take advantage of book and wondered “if it is a real place” you will drive through the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and an iceberg. For a closer look at Glacier, Journey Details DURATION 15 days rafting and even flightseeing. Day 2 > Take a short harbour cruise on the Bluenose the park’s natural setting, explore the forest, and want to come and visit this magical setting, as Denali State Park. If time permits take a side trip to there are hour-long sightseeing boat cruises on ✪ www.tolsonacampground.com racing schooner or similar excursions. By mid- discover the creatures of the inter-tidal zone. millions of fans before you have done. Enjoy one of DISTANCE 1,120 miles (1,800 kms) the small community of Talkeetna. 200 miles Portage Lake or you can hike a number of foot DEPART Anchorage afternoon continue along the south shore before ✪ 205 kms to Fundy National Park ★ Visit one of ★ Denali is six million acres of wildland, bisected the three tourist coastal drives which are clearly Day 7 > Today you head to Valdez, enjoy the trails that wind near the frozen monument. heading inland to Kejimkujik National Park. the observation areas to catch a sight of whales. by one ribbon of road. Travellers along it see the DURATION 11 days marked along the way, with colourful signage, no spectacular drive on the Richardson Highway, part www.stoneycreekrvpark.com ✪ 115kms to Kejimkjik National Park ★ Whilst in Visit the interpretive center at Big Salmon River! relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to doubt as you enjoy the beautiful scenery you will of the route parallels the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. DISTANCE 950 miles Lunenburg make time to visit the Fisheries www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nb/fundy/activ/camping.aspx Day 14 > It’s a long drive today and your last high alpine tundra and snowy mountains, Day 9/10 > Today you are heading back on the also spot a few lighthouses the island is so famous Weather permitting stop and enjoy incredible views Museum of the Atlantic, and learn of the town’s chance to enjoy the delights of the eastern shore or culminating in North America’s tallest peak, Seward Highway to Anchorage but before you do for, there are about 50! ✪ 235 kms to Charlotte of the Wrangell Mountains. Drive by Worthington importance during the fisheries boom. Day 7/8 > Today you set off to Hopewell Rocks, The visit Martinique Beach before your final stop back at 20,320 foot Mount McKinley. Wild animals large visit Kenai Fjords National Park home to some of Town ★ Visit the Green Gables Heritage Place in Glacier and through Keystone Canyon with its https://goo.gl/v9om4a Ocean Tidal Exploration Site and home to the the Cruise Canada depot in Halifax, at the KOA. and small roam unfenced lands. Solitude, most pristine, rugged, breathtaking glacial vistas in Cavendish. Enjoy one of the scenic coastal drives waterfalls. ✪ 185 miles ★ Valdez is a must see on world’s highest tides! Here you can walk on the Bay ✪ 455kms to Halifax. tranquility and wilderness awaits. North America. The massive Harding Icefield feeds and visit some of the lighthouses. your Alaska itinerary. The crashing glaciers and Day 3/4 > Spend the day enjoying all that the of Fundy’s ocean floor. The gravitational pull of the www.koa.com/campgrounds/halifax/ https://goo.gl/GfW2Cq the 38 glaciers of the park. These glaciers, in turn, www.koa.com/campgrounds/cornwall/ towering Chugach mountains rising from the sea National Park has to offer from canoeing to hiking sun and moon causes tides that rise and fall up to have been sculpting the fjords making a home for Day 15 > Having spent the night at the Cruise make Valdez absolutely picturesque. to cycling. The park has an abundance of wildlife an incredible 48 ft twice a day – every day! Finally Day 11 > This morning you arrive by ferry into the Day 4/5 > Before leaving Denali National Park to the many species of marine life – mammals, fish Canada depot located at the KOA you have the www.bearpawrvpark.com and has North America’s largest collection of end your journey at Kouchibouguac (Kou-she-boo- town of Pictou known as the birthplace of Nova head for Fairbanks we suggest you enjoy a 7-hour and seabird alike. ✪ 130 miles ★ Enjoy a Wildlife & Petroglyphs. By late afternoon continue your gwack) National Park, a fascinating mosaic of bogs, morning to pack before returning your motorhome. Tundra Wildlife Tour into Denali National Park. The Scotia. After lunch drive north to Cape Breton Island Day 8 > This morning it is all aboard the Alaska Glacier cruise into scenic Kenai Fjords National journey heading towards Digby. On your second salt marshes, tidal rivers, sparkling freshwater park is inhabited by lots of different animal species. referred to as a maritime masterpiece before finally Marine Highway Ferry to Whittier travelling through Park and maybe even spot a whale. day head to Digby Neck for the opportunity to see systems, sheltered lagoons, abandoned fields and ending your day at Lake Ainslie. ✪ 250kms to East beautiful Prince William Sound. Upon arrival in www.goldennuggetcamperpark.com the whales of the Bay of Fundy. In summer the bay tall forests. ✪ 215 kms to Kouchibouguac Lake Ainslie ★ Visit the Hector Heritage centre Whittier drive through the Whittier-Portage Tunnel provides feeding and mating grounds for the ★ Check the tide schedule on the Hopewell Rocks Day 11 > Return your motorhome to the Cruise Matanuska Glacier, Glenn Highway and step aboard an exact replica of the Ship (one-lane tunnel, open to traffic during certain Photo: Ruth Gloger Finback, Humpback, Minke & Right Whales. website and schedule your visit to walk on the America depot and have a safe journey home. Hector that brought the first Scottish settlers to hours only). Then drive the Seward Highway through ✪ 105kms to Digby ★ Head down to Brier Island ocean floor and/or to kayak around the rocks. Nova Scotia. www.mackinnonscampground.ca/ scenic landscape to Seward. via 2 cable ferries to discover first hand the true Enjoy a lobster cruise with Shediac Bay Cruises. ✪ 85 miles ★ Portage Glacier and the Begich, giants of the ocean! www.jaggarspoint.ca/ Hire a bike and cycle some of the 60 kms of cycling Day 12/13 > This morning take a slight detour to Boggs Visitor Center is an interesting stop thanks paths in Kouchibouguac. the coastal town of Inverness, known for its warm to exhibits that let visitors walk through a www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nb/kouchibouguac/index.aspx ocean waters and Mermaids Tears (coloured sea simulated ice cave, view live ice worms or touch glass that washes up along this coastline) – it’s a beachcombers dream. Then head north to Margaree Harbour and join the famous Cabot Trail a stunning driving trail that goes from sea-level to a 3,000 foot elevation that runs along two coast lines (the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Atlantic) and through a National Park. ✪ 125kms to Ingonish ★ Spend some time beachcombing at Inverness. Stop and enjoy a hike on one of the 26 trails within the National Park. https://goo.gl/6gVEfi

Enjoying a lobster feast in the Maritimes! Fundy National Park of Canada Main image: Kouchibouguac National Park Copper River Photo: Travel Alaska Denali NP, with Mt McKinley in background Photo: Travel Alaska Sea kayaker near Valdez. Photo: Travel Alaska

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